#8B812E#8B812E

#8B812E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.104 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B812E
RGB	rgb(139, 129, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -6.70, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 45.23, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0223 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.104 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9916, 21.3875, 5.7121)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B812E #2E388B

analogous

#8B532E #8B812E #678B2E

triadic

#8B812E #2E8B81 #812E8B

tetradic

#8B812E #2E8B53 #2E388B #8B2E67

square

#8B812E #2E8B53 #2E388B #8B2E67

split-complementary

#8B812E #2E678B #532E8B

monochromatic

#2F2C10 #5D561F #8B812E #B9AC3D #CDC267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8B812E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8B812E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B812E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B812E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B812E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b812e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 129, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.104 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a56b',
    500: '#8b812e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b812e;
$custom-light: #b0a56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b812e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59573,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B812E

secondary

#616AB3

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B812E

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

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