#8B7D23#8B7D23

#8B7D23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.108 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7D23
RGB	rgb(139, 125, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -5.11, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 48.41, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.019 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.108 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2853, 20.2784, 4.5408)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7D23 #23318B

analogous

#8B4923 #8B7D23 #658B23

triadic

#8B7D23 #238B7D #7D238B

tetradic

#8B7D23 #238B49 #23318B #8B2365

square

#8B7D23 #238B49 #23318B #8B2365

split-complementary

#8B7D23 #23658B #49238B

monochromatic

#29250A #5A5117 #8B7D23 #BCA92F #D4C354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8B7D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8B7D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7D23

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7D23	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96746B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 125, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.108 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a265',
    500: '#8b7d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7d23;
$custom-light: #b0a265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58577,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7D23

secondary

#5260B8

accent

#5AE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7D23

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

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