#8B831D#8B831D

#8B831D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.117 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B831D
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 29)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -8.69, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 52.63, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0297 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.117 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9864, 21.8110, 4.3720)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B831D #1D258B

analogous

#8B4C1D #8B831D #5C8B1D

triadic

#8B831D #1D8B83 #831D8B

tetradic

#8B831D #1D8B4C #1D258B #8B1D5C

square

#8B831D #1D8B4C #1D258B #8B1D5C

split-complementary

#8B831D #1D5C8B #4C1D8B

monochromatic

#262408 #585312 #8B831D #BEB328 #D9CF49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8B831D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8B831D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B831D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B831D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B831D	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)

#8F7E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b831d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.117 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a662',
    500: '#8b831d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b831d;
$custom-light: #b0a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b831d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59898,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B831D

secondary

#4951BB

accent

#4CE83F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B831D

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

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