#8B803E#8B803E

#8B803E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.088 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B803E
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -4.93, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 37.20, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0153 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.088 100)
XYZ	xyz(19.2368, 21.2758, 7.6498)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B803E #3E498B

analogous

#8B5A3E #8B803E #6F8B3E

triadic

#8B803E #3E8B80 #803E8B

tetradic

#8B803E #3E8B5A #3E498B #8B3E6F

square

#8B803E #3E8B5A #3E498B #8B3E6F

split-complementary

#8B803E #3E6F8B #5A3E8B

monochromatic

#363218 #61592B #8B803E #B3A554 #C5BB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8B803E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8B803E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B803E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B803E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B803E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b803e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.088 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa475',
    500: '#8b803e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b803e;
$custom-light: #afa475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b803e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 38.308,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59529,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.21275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B803E

secondary

#757EB0

accent

#6ACE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B803E

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

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