#8B831C#8B831C

#8B831C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.118 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B831C
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 28)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -8.73, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 52.96, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.0299 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.118 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9742, 21.8062, 4.3079)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B831C #1C248B

analogous

#8B4C1C #8B831C #5B8B1C

triadic

#8B831C #1C8B83 #831C8B

tetradic

#8B831C #1C8B4C #1C248B #8B1C5B

square

#8B831C #1C8B4C #1C248B #8B1C5B

split-complementary

#8B831C #1C5B8B #4C1C8B

monochromatic

#252307 #585312 #8B831C #BEB326 #DACF47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8B831C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8B831C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B831C

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B831C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B831C	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b831c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.118 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a662',
    500: '#8b831c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b831c;
$custom-light: #b0a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b831c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59892,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B831C

secondary

#474FBC

accent

#4BE93E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B831C

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

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