#8B891B#8B891B

#8B891B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.124 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B891B
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -12.02, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 55.41, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0392 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.124 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7917, 23.4601, 4.5224)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B891B #1B1D8B

analogous

#8B511B #8B891B #558B1B

triadic

#8B891B #1B8B89 #891B8B

tetradic

#8B891B #1B8B51 #1B1D8B #8B1B55

square

#8B891B #1B8B51 #1B1D8B #8B1B55

split-complementary

#8B891B #1B558B #511B8B

monochromatic

#252407 #585611 #8B891B #BEBC25 #DBD845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B891B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8B891B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B891B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B891B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B891B	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b891b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.124 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab62',
    500: '#8b891b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b891b;
$custom-light: #b0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b891b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61263,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B891B

secondary

#4547BC

accent

#41EA3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B891B

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

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