#8B861F#8B861F

#8B861F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.119 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B861F
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -10.24, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 53.02, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0339 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.119 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4207, 22.6388, 4.6428)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B861F #1F248B

analogous

#8B501F #8B861F #5A8B1F

triadic

#8B861F #1F8B86 #861F8B

tetradic

#8B861F #1F8B50 #1F248B #8B1F5A

square

#8B861F #1F8B50 #1F248B #8B1F5A

split-complementary

#8B861F #1F5A8B #501F8B

monochromatic

#272609 #595614 #8B861F #BDB62A #D7D14D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B861F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8B861F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B861F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B861F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B861F	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)

#928106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b861f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.119 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a864',
    500: '#8b861f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b861f;
$custom-light: #b0a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b861f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60596,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B861F

secondary

#4C51BA

accent

#49E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B861F

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

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