#8B7F23#8B7F23

#8B7F23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.110 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7F23
RGB	rgb(139, 127, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -6.22, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 49.09, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0222 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.11 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5410, 20.7899, 4.6260)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7F23 #232F8B

analogous

#8B4B23 #8B7F23 #638B23

triadic

#8B7F23 #238B7F #7F238B

tetradic

#8B7F23 #238B4B #232F8B #8B2363

square

#8B7F23 #238B4B #232F8B #8B2363

split-complementary

#8B7F23 #23638B #4B238B

monochromatic

#29260A #5A5217 #8B7F23 #BCAC2F #D4C554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8B7F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8B7F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7F23

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7F23	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96766D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 127, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.110 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a365',
    500: '#8b7f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7f23;
$custom-light: #b0a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59028,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7F23

secondary

#525EB8

accent

#57E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F3EB

border

#D0CDC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7F23

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

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