#8B7E29#8B7E29

#8B7E29 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.105 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7E29
RGB	rgb(139, 126, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -5.35, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 46.31, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.019 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.105 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5094, 20.5716, 5.0931)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7E29 #29368B

analogous

#8B4D29 #8B7E29 #678B29

triadic

#8B7E29 #298B7E #7E298B

tetradic

#8B7E29 #298B4D #29368B #8B2967

square

#8B7E29 #298B4D #29368B #8B2967

split-complementary

#8B7E29 #29678B #4D298B

monochromatic

#2C280D #5C531B #8B7E29 #BAA937 #D0C15F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8B7E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8B7E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7E29

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7E29	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)

#8A7A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 126, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.105 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a368',
    500: '#8b7e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7e29;
$custom-light: #b0a368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.041,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5885,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7E29

secondary

#5B67B5

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7E29

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

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