#8B811A#8B811A

#8B811A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.117 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B811A
RGB	rgb(139, 129, 26)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -7.71, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 52.92, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0273 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.117 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6850, 21.2649, 4.0974)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B811A #1A248B

analogous

#8B481A #8B811A #5D8B1A

triadic

#8B811A #1A8B81 #811A8B

tetradic

#8B811A #1A8B48 #1A248B #8B1A5D

square

#8B811A #1A8B48 #1A248B #8B1A5D

split-complementary

#8B811A #1A5D8B #481A8B

monochromatic

#242107 #575110 #8B811A #BFB124 #DCCE43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8B811A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8B811A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B811A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B811A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B811A	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)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b811a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 129, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.117 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a561',
    500: '#8b811a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b811a;
$custom-light: #b1a561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b811a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59425,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B811A

secondary

#444EBD

accent

#4CEB3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B811A

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

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