#8B7E21#8B7E21

#8B7E21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.110 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7E21
RGB	rgb(139, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -5.76, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 49.51, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0211 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.11 101)
XYZ	xyz(18.3837, 20.5213, 4.4312)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7E21 #212E8B

analogous

#8B4921 #8B7E21 #638B21

triadic

#8B7E21 #218B7E #7E218B

tetradic

#8B7E21 #218B49 #212E8B #8B2163

square

#8B7E21 #218B49 #212E8B #8B2163

split-complementary

#8B7E21 #21638B #49218B

monochromatic

#28240A #5A5115 #8B7E21 #BCAB2D #D6C551

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8B7E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8B7E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7E21

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7E21	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#8A7A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.110 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a364',
    500: '#8b7e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7e21;
$custom-light: #b0a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58788,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.2052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7E21

secondary

#4F5CB9

accent

#57E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7E21

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

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