#8B861D#8B861D

#8B861D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B861D
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 29)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -10.32, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 53.69, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0343 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3951, 22.6286, 4.5083)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B861D #1D228B

analogous

#8B4F1D #8B861D #598B1D

triadic

#8B861D #1D8B86 #861D8B

tetradic

#8B861D #1D8B4F #1D228B #8B1D59

square

#8B861D #1D8B4F #1D228B #8B1D59

split-complementary

#8B861D #1D598B #4F1D8B

monochromatic

#262408 #585512 #8B861D #BEB728 #D9D349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B861D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8B861D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B861D

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B861D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B861D	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b861d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a863',
    500: '#8b861d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b861d;
$custom-light: #b0a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b861d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60584,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B861D

secondary

#494EBB

accent

#47E83F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B861D

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

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