#8B7D21#8B7D21

#8B7D21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.109 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7D21
RGB	rgb(139, 125, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -5.21, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 49.18, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0195 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.109 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2565, 20.2669, 4.3888)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7D21 #212F8B

analogous

#8B4821 #8B7D21 #648B21

triadic

#8B7D21 #218B7D #7D218B

tetradic

#8B7D21 #218B48 #212F8B #8B2164

square

#8B7D21 #218B48 #212F8B #8B2164

split-complementary

#8B7D21 #21648B #48218B

monochromatic

#28240A #5A5115 #8B7D21 #BCA92D #D6C451

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8B7D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8B7D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7D21

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7D21	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 125, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.109 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a264',
    500: '#8b7d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7d21;
$custom-light: #b0a264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58563,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7D21

secondary

#4F5DB9

accent

#58E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7D21

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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