#8B811D#8B811D

#8B811D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.115 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B811D
RGB	rgb(139, 129, 29)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -7.59, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 51.94, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0267 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.115 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7203, 21.2790, 4.2833)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B811D #1D278B

analogous

#8B4A1D #8B811D #5E8B1D

triadic

#8B811D #1D8B81 #811D8B

tetradic

#8B811D #1D8B4A #1D278B #8B1D5E

square

#8B811D #1D8B4A #1D278B #8B1D5E

split-complementary

#8B811D #1D5E8B #4A1D8B

monochromatic

#262308 #585212 #8B811D #BEB028 #D9CC49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8B811D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8B811D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B811D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B811D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B811D	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b811d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 129, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.115 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a562',
    500: '#8b811d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b811d;
$custom-light: #b0a562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b811d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59442,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B811D

secondary

#4953BB

accent

#4FE83F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B811D

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

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