#8B891F#8B891F

#8B891F is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.122 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B891F
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 31)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -11.86, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 54.13, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0384 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.122 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8412, 23.4799, 4.7830)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B891F #1F218B

analogous

#8B531F #8B891F #578B1F

triadic

#8B891F #1F8B89 #891F8B

tetradic

#8B891F #1F8B53 #1F218B #8B1F57

square

#8B891F #1F8B53 #1F218B #8B1F57

split-complementary

#8B891F #1F578B #531F8B

monochromatic

#272609 #595814 #8B891F #BDBA2A #D7D54D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B891F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8B891F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B891F

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B891F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B891F	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b891f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.122 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab64',
    500: '#8b891f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b891f;
$custom-light: #b0ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b891f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61286,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B891F

secondary

#4C4EBA

accent

#44E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B891F

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

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