#8B891C#8B891C

#8B891C is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.123 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B891C
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -11.98, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 55.10, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.039 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8035, 23.4648, 4.5844)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B891C #1C1E8B

analogous

#8B511C #8B891C #558B1C

triadic

#8B891C #1C8B89 #891C8B

tetradic

#8B891C #1C8B51 #1C1E8B #8B1C55

square

#8B891C #1C8B51 #1C1E8B #8B1C55

split-complementary

#8B891C #1C558B #511C8B

monochromatic

#252507 #585712 #8B891C #BEBB26 #DAD747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B891C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8B891C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B891C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B891C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B891C	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)

#978726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b891c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab63',
    500: '#8b891c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b891c;
$custom-light: #b0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b891c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61269,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B891C

secondary

#4749BC

accent

#41E93E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B891C

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

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