#8B861B#8B861B

#8B861B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.121 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B861B
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 27)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -10.40, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 54.32, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0347 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.121 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3712, 22.6190, 4.3822)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B861B #1B208B

analogous

#8B4E1B #8B861B #588B1B

triadic

#8B861B #1B8B86 #861B8B

tetradic

#8B861B #1B8B4E #1B208B #8B1B58

square

#8B861B #1B8B4E #1B208B #8B1B58

split-complementary

#8B861B #1B588B #4E1B8B

monochromatic

#252307 #585511 #8B861B #BEB725 #DBD445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B861B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8B861B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B861B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B861B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B861B	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b861b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.121 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a862',
    500: '#8b861b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b861b;
$custom-light: #b0a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b861b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60573,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B861B

secondary

#454BBC

accent

#45EA3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B861B

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

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