#8B892B#8B892B

#8B892B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.114 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B892B
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -11.25, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 49.66, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0355 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.114 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0299, 23.5553, 5.7766)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B892B #2B2D8B

analogous

#8B592B #8B892B #5D8B2B

triadic

#8B892B #2B8B89 #892B8B

tetradic

#8B892B #2B8B59 #2B2D8B #8B2B5D

square

#8B892B #2B8B59 #2B2D8B #8B2B5D

split-complementary

#8B892B #2B5D8B #592B8B

monochromatic

#2E2D0E #5C5B1D #8B892B #BAB739 #CECC62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8B892B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8B892B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B892B

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B892B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B892B	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b892b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.114 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6a',
    500: '#8b892b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b892b;
$custom-light: #b0ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b892b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61371,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B892B

secondary

#5D5FB5

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B892B

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

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