#8B871B#8B871B

#8B871B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.122 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B871B
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -10.94, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 54.68, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.0362 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.122 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5101, 22.8967, 4.4285)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B871B #1B1F8B

analogous

#8B4F1B #8B871B #578B1B

triadic

#8B871B #1B8B87 #871B8B

tetradic

#8B871B #1B8B4F #1B1F8B #8B1B57

square

#8B871B #1B8B4F #1B1F8B #8B1B57

split-complementary

#8B871B #1B578B #4F1B8B

monochromatic

#252307 #585511 #8B871B #BEB925 #DBD645

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8B871B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8B871B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B871B

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B871B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B871B	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967E73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b871b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.122 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a962',
    500: '#8b871b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b871b;
$custom-light: #b0a962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b871b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60803,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B871B

secondary

#454ABC

accent

#44EA3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B871B

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

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