#8B7E22#8B7E22

#8B7E22 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 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7E22
RGB	rgb(139, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, -5.72, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 49.13, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0209 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.11 101)
XYZ	xyz(18.3979, 20.5270, 4.5061)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7E22 #222F8B

analogous

#8B4A22 #8B7E22 #648B22

triadic

#8B7E22 #228B7E #7E228B

tetradic

#8B7E22 #228B4A #222F8B #8B2264

square

#8B7E22 #228B4A #222F8B #8B2264

split-complementary

#8B7E22 #22648B #4A228B

monochromatic

#29250A #5A5116 #8B7E22 #BCAB2E #D5C553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8B7E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8B7E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7E22

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7E22	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.110 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a364',
    500: '#8b7e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7e22;
$custom-light: #b0a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58795,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.20526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7E22

secondary

#505DB8

accent

#58E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7E22

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

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