#8B851D#8B851D

#8B851D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.119 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B851D
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 29)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -9.78, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 53.33, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0328 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.119 106)
XYZ	xyz(19.2576, 22.3535, 4.4624)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B851D #1D238B

analogous

#8B4E1D #8B851D #5A8B1D

triadic

#8B851D #1D8B85 #851D8B

tetradic

#8B851D #1D8B4E #1D238B #8B1D5A

square

#8B851D #1D8B4E #1D238B #8B1D5A

split-complementary

#8B851D #1D5A8B #4E1D8B

monochromatic

#262408 #585512 #8B851D #BEB528 #D9D149

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8B851D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8B851D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B851D

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B851D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B851D	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)

#918002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b851d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.119 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a863',
    500: '#8b851d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b851d;
$custom-light: #b0a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b851d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60355,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.22353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B851D

secondary

#494FBB

accent

#49E83F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B851D

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

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