#8B802E#8B802E

#8B802E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B802E
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, -6.15, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 44.86, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0207 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8605, 21.1253, 5.6684)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B802E #2E398B

analogous

#8B522E #8B802E #688B2E

triadic

#8B802E #2E8B80 #802E8B

tetradic

#8B802E #2E8B52 #2E398B #8B2E68

square

#8B802E #2E8B52 #2E398B #8B2E68

split-complementary

#8B802E #2E688B #522E8B

monochromatic

#2F2B10 #5D561F #8B802E #B9AA3D #CDC167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8B802E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8B802E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B802E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B802E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B802E	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b802e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a46b',
    500: '#8b802e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b802e;
$custom-light: #b0a46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b802e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59347,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B802E

secondary

#616BB3

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B802E

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

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