#8B7D22#8B7D22

#8B7D22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7D22
RGB	rgb(139, 125, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -5.16, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 48.80, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0193 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2707, 20.2726, 4.4637)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7D22 #22308B

analogous

#8B4922 #8B7D22 #658B22

triadic

#8B7D22 #228B7D #7D228B

tetradic

#8B7D22 #228B49 #22308B #8B2265

square

#8B7D22 #228B49 #22308B #8B2265

split-complementary

#8B7D22 #22658B #49228B

monochromatic

#29250A #5A5116 #8B7D22 #BCA92E #D5C353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8B7D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8B7D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7D22

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7D22	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	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)

#897912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 125, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a264',
    500: '#8b7d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7d22;
$custom-light: #b0a264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5857,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7D22

secondary

#505EB8

accent

#59E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7D22

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

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