#8B821E#8B821E

#8B821E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.116 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B821E
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -8.10, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 51.94, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% -0.028 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.116 104)
XYZ	xyz(18.8653, 21.5488, 4.3936)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B821E #1E278B

analogous

#8B4B1E #8B821E #5D8B1E

triadic

#8B821E #1E8B82 #821E8B

tetradic

#8B821E #1E8B4B #1E278B #8B1E5D

square

#8B821E #1E8B4B #1E278B #8B1E5D

split-complementary

#8B821E #1E5D8B #4B1E8B

monochromatic

#262408 #595313 #8B821E #BDB129 #D8CD4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8B821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8B821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B821E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B821E	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)

#8E7D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.116 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a663',
    500: '#8b821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b821e;
$custom-light: #b0a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59676,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.21548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B821E

secondary

#4A53BB

accent

#4EE740

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B821E

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

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