#8B851F#8B851F

#8B851F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.118 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B851F
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -9.70, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 52.66, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0324 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.118 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2831, 22.3637, 4.5969)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B851F #1F258B

analogous

#8B4F1F #8B851F #5B8B1F

triadic

#8B851F #1F8B85 #851F8B

tetradic

#8B851F #1F8B4F #1F258B #8B1F5B

square

#8B851F #1F8B4F #1F258B #8B1F5B

split-complementary

#8B851F #1F5B8B #4F1F8B

monochromatic

#272509 #595514 #8B851F #BDB52A #D7D04D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8B851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8B851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B851F

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B851F	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)

#918007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.118 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a864',
    500: '#8b851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b851f;
$custom-light: #b0a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60367,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B851F

secondary

#4C52BA

accent

#4AE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B851F

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

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