#8B7D29#8B7D29

#8B7D29 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.104 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7D29
RGB	rgb(139, 125, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, -4.79, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 45.96, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% -0.0174 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.104 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3821, 20.3171, 5.0507)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7D29 #29378B

analogous

#8B4C29 #8B7D29 #688B29

triadic

#8B7D29 #298B7D #7D298B

tetradic

#8B7D29 #298B4C #29378B #8B2968

square

#8B7D29 #298B4C #29378B #8B2968

split-complementary

#8B7D29 #29688B #4C298B

monochromatic

#2C280D #5C521B #8B7D29 #BAA837 #D0C05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8B7D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8B7D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7D29

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7D29	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)

#897A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 125, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.104 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a268',
    500: '#8b7d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7d29;
$custom-light: #b0a268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58626,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7D29

secondary

#5B67B5

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7D29

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

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