#8B7E19#8B7E19

#8B7E19 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.115 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7E19
RGB	rgb(139, 126, 25)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -6.09, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 52.27, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0228 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.115 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2847, 20.4817, 3.9098)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7E19 #19268B

analogous

#8B4519 #8B7E19 #5F8B19

triadic

#8B7E19 #198B7E #7E198B

tetradic

#8B7E19 #198B45 #19268B #8B195F

square

#8B7E19 #198B45 #19268B #8B195F

split-complementary

#8B7E19 #195F8B #45198B

monochromatic

#232006 #574F10 #8B7E19 #BFAD22 #DDCB41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8B7E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8B7E19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7E19

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7E19	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96746B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 126, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.115 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a360',
    500: '#8b7e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7e19;
$custom-light: #b1a360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58739,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7E19

secondary

#4250BE

accent

#50EC3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7E19

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

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