#8B7F20#8B7F20

#8B7F20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.112 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7F20
RGB	rgb(139, 127, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, -6.36, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 50.21, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0229 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.112 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4984, 20.7728, 4.4014)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7F20 #202C8B

analogous

#8B4920 #8B7F20 #618B20

triadic

#8B7F20 #208B7F #7F208B

tetradic

#8B7F20 #208B49 #202C8B #8B2061

square

#8B7F20 #208B49 #202C8B #8B2061

split-complementary

#8B7F20 #20618B #49208B

monochromatic

#282409 #595215 #8B7F20 #BDAC2B #D6C74F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8B7F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8B7F20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7F20

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7F20	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 127, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.112 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a363',
    500: '#8b7f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7f20;
$custom-light: #b0a363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59007,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7F20

secondary

#4D59BA

accent

#54E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F3EB

border

#D0CDC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7F20

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

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