#8B7E20#8B7E20

#8B7E20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.111 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7E20
RGB	rgb(139, 126, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -5.81, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 49.88, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0213 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.111 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3699, 20.5158, 4.3586)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7E20 #202D8B

analogous

#8B4820 #8B7E20 #628B20

triadic

#8B7E20 #208B7E #7E208B

tetradic

#8B7E20 #208B48 #202D8B #8B2062

square

#8B7E20 #208B48 #202D8B #8B2062

split-complementary

#8B7E20 #20628B #48208B

monochromatic

#282409 #595115 #8B7E20 #BDAB2B #D6C64F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8B7E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8B7E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7E20

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7E20	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)

#8A7A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 126, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.111 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a363',
    500: '#8b7e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7e20;
$custom-light: #b0a363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58781,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7E20

secondary

#4D5ABA

accent

#56E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7E20

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →