#8B7E33#8B7E33

#8B7E33 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7E33
RGB	rgb(139, 126, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -4.70, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 41.82, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.016 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.097 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7066, 20.6505, 6.1319)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7E33 #33408B

analogous

#8B5233 #8B7E33 #6C8B33

triadic

#8B7E33 #338B7E #7E338B

tetradic

#8B7E33 #338B52 #33408B #8B336C

square

#8B7E33 #338B52 #33408B #8B336C

split-complementary

#8B7E33 #336C8B #52338B

monochromatic

#312D12 #5E5523 #8B7E33 #B8A743 #CABC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8B7E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#8B7E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7E33

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7E33	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 126, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa36e',
    500: '#8b7e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7e33;
$custom-light: #afa36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58948,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7E33

secondary

#6873B2

accent

#65D652

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F3EC

border

#D0CDC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7E33

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

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