#8B7E28#8B7E28

#8B7E28 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.105 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7E28
RGB	rgb(139, 126, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -5.40, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 46.73, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0193 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.106 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4921, 20.5647, 5.0024)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7E28 #28358B

analogous

#8B4C28 #8B7E28 #678B28

triadic

#8B7E28 #288B7E #7E288B

tetradic

#8B7E28 #288B4C #28358B #8B2867

square

#8B7E28 #288B4C #28358B #8B2867

split-complementary

#8B7E28 #28678B #4C288B

monochromatic

#2C280D #5B531A #8B7E28 #BBA936 #D0C15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8B7E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8B7E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7E28

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7E28	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)

#8A7A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 126, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.105 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a367',
    500: '#8b7e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7e28;
$custom-light: #b0a367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58842,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7E28

secondary

#5965B6

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7E28

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

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