#8B811C#8B811C

#8B811C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.116 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B811C
RGB	rgb(139, 129, 28)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -7.63, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 52.27, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0269 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.116 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7082, 21.2741, 4.2193)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B811C #1C268B

analogous

#8B4A1C #8B811C #5D8B1C

triadic

#8B811C #1C8B81 #811C8B

tetradic

#8B811C #1C8B4A #1C268B #8B1C5D

square

#8B811C #1C8B4A #1C268B #8B1C5D

split-complementary

#8B811C #1C5D8B #4A1C8B

monochromatic

#252207 #585212 #8B811C #BEB026 #DACD47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8B811C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8B811C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B811C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B811C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B811C	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)

#8D7D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b811c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 129, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.116 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a562',
    500: '#8b811c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b811c;
$custom-light: #b0a562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b811c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B811C

secondary

#4751BC

accent

#4EE93E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B811C

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

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