#8B871D#8B871D

#8B871D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.121 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B871D
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -10.86, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 54.05, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0358 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.121 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5340, 22.9063, 4.5546)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B871D #1D218B

analogous

#8B501D #8B871D #588B1D

triadic

#8B871D #1D8B87 #871D8B

tetradic

#8B871D #1D8B50 #1D218B #8B1D58

square

#8B871D #1D8B50 #1D218B #8B1D58

split-complementary

#8B871D #1D588B #501D8B

monochromatic

#262508 #585612 #8B871D #BEB828 #D9D449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8B871D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8B871D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B871D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B871D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B871D	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)

#938101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967E73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b871d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.121 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a963',
    500: '#8b871d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b871d;
$custom-light: #b0a963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b871d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B871D

secondary

#494DBB

accent

#46E83F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B871D

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

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