#8B831F#8B831F

#8B831F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.116 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B831F
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 31)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -8.61, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 51.94, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0293 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.116 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0119, 21.8213, 4.5065)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B831F #1F278B

analogous

#8B4D1F #8B831F #5D8B1F

triadic

#8B831F #1F8B83 #831F8B

tetradic

#8B831F #1F8B4D #1F278B #8B1F5D

square

#8B831F #1F8B4D #1F278B #8B1F5D

split-complementary

#8B831F #1F5D8B #4D1F8B

monochromatic

#272509 #595414 #8B831F #BDB22A #D7CD4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8B831F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8B831F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B831F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B831F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B831F	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#8F7E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b831f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.116 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a663',
    500: '#8b831f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b831f;
$custom-light: #b0a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b831f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5991,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B831F

secondary

#4C54BA

accent

#4DE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B831F

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

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