#8B862D#8B862D

#8B862D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.109 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B862D
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -9.51, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 47.61, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0304 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.109 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6469, 22.7293, 5.8344)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B862D #2D328B

analogous

#8B572D #8B862D #618B2D

triadic

#8B862D #2D8B86 #862D8B

tetradic

#8B862D #2D8B57 #2D328B #8B2D61

square

#8B862D #2D8B57 #2D328B #8B2D61

split-complementary

#8B862D #2D618B #572D8B

monochromatic

#2F2D0F #5D591E #8B862D #B9B33C #CDC865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8B862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8B862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B862D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B862D	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.109 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a96b',
    500: '#8b862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b862d;
$custom-light: #b0a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60701,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B862D

secondary

#6064B4

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B862D

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

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