#8B7E23#8B7E23

#8B7E23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.109 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7E23
RGB	rgb(139, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, -5.67, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 48.75, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0206 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.109 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4125, 20.5329, 4.5832)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7E23 #23308B

analogous

#8B4A23 #8B7E23 #648B23

triadic

#8B7E23 #238B7E #7E238B

tetradic

#8B7E23 #238B4A #23308B #8B2364

square

#8B7E23 #238B4A #23308B #8B2364

split-complementary

#8B7E23 #23648B #4A238B

monochromatic

#29250A #5A5217 #8B7E23 #BCAA2F #D4C454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8B7E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8B7E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7E23

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7E23	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)

#8A7A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.109 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a365',
    500: '#8b7e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7e23;
$custom-light: #b0a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58803,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7E23

secondary

#525FB8

accent

#59E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7E23

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

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