#8B862C#8B862C

#8B862C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.110 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B862C
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -9.57, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 48.04, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0306 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.11 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6279, 22.7217, 5.7342)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B862C #2C318B

analogous

#8B562C #8B862C #608B2C

triadic

#8B862C #2C8B86 #862C8B

tetradic

#8B862C #2C8B56 #2C318B #8B2C60

square

#8B862C #2C8B56 #2C318B #8B2C60

split-complementary

#8B862C #2C608B #562C8B

monochromatic

#2E2C0F #5D591D #8B862C #B9B33B #CEC864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8B862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8B862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B862C

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B862C	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)

#91811F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.110 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a96a',
    500: '#8b862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b862c;
$custom-light: #b0a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60692,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B862C

secondary

#5F63B4

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B862C

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

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