#8B851A#8B851A

#8B851A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.120 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B851A
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 26)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -9.89, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 54.28, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0334 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.12 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2223, 22.3393, 4.2765)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B851A #1A208B

analogous

#8B4C1A #8B851A #598B1A

triadic

#8B851A #1A8B85 #851A8B

tetradic

#8B851A #1A8B4C #1A208B #8B1A59

square

#8B851A #1A8B4C #1A208B #8B1A59

split-complementary

#8B851A #1A598B #4C1A8B

monochromatic

#242207 #575410 #8B851A #BFB624 #DCD443

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8B851A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8B851A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B851A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B851A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B851A	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b851a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.120 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a861',
    500: '#8b851a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b851a;
$custom-light: #b0a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b851a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60338,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B851A

secondary

#444ABD

accent

#46EB3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B851A

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

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