#8B842E#8B842E

#8B842E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.107 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B842E
RGB	rgb(139, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -8.35, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 46.39, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.027 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.107 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3926, 22.1895, 5.8457)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B842E #2E358B

analogous

#8B562E #8B842E #648B2E

triadic

#8B842E #2E8B84 #842E8B

tetradic

#8B842E #2E8B56 #2E358B #8B2E64

square

#8B842E #2E8B56 #2E358B #8B2E64

split-complementary

#8B842E #2E648B #562E8B

monochromatic

#2F2D10 #5D581F #8B842E #B9B03D #CDC567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8B842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8B842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B842E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B842E	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.107 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a76b',
    500: '#8b842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b842e;
$custom-light: #b0a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.484,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60254,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B842E

secondary

#6168B3

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B842E

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

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