#8B862B#8B862B

#8B862B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.111 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B862B
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -9.63, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 48.46, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0309 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.111 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6093, 22.7143, 5.6364)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B862B #2B308B

analogous

#8B562B #8B862B #608B2B

triadic

#8B862B #2B8B86 #862B8B

tetradic

#8B862B #2B8B56 #2B308B #8B2B60

square

#8B862B #2B8B56 #2B308B #8B2B60

split-complementary

#8B862B #2B608B #562B8B

monochromatic

#2E2C0E #5C591D #8B862B #BAB339 #CEC962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8B862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8B862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B862B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B862B	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92811E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.111 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a96a',
    500: '#8b862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b862b;
$custom-light: #b0a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60684,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B862B

secondary

#5D62B5

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B862B

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

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