#8B821B#8B821B

#8B821B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B821B
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -8.22, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 52.94, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0286 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.117 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8288, 21.5342, 4.2014)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B821B #1B248B

analogous

#8B4A1B #8B821B #5C8B1B

triadic

#8B821B #1B8B82 #821B8B

tetradic

#8B821B #1B8B4A #1B248B #8B1B5C

square

#8B821B #1B8B4A #1B248B #8B1B5C

split-complementary

#8B821B #1B5C8B #4A1B8B

monochromatic

#252207 #585211 #8B821B #BEB225 #DBCF45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8B821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8B821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B821B

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B821B	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a661',
    500: '#8b821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b821b;
$custom-light: #b0a661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59658,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B821B

secondary

#454FBC

accent

#4BEA3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B821B

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

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