#8B893E#8B893E

#8B893E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.098 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B893E
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -9.87, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 41.05, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0294 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.098 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4632, 23.7287, 8.0586)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B893E #3E408B

analogous

#8B633E #8B893E #678B3E

triadic

#8B893E #3E8B89 #893E8B

tetradic

#8B893E #3E8B63 #3E408B #8B3E67

square

#8B893E #3E8B63 #3E408B #8B3E67

split-complementary

#8B893E #3E678B #633E8B

monochromatic

#363618 #615F2B #8B893E #B3B054 #C5C47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B893E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8B893E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B893E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B893E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B893E	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b893e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.098 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab76',
    500: '#8b893e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b893e;
$custom-light: #afab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b893e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 38.308,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61567,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B893E

secondary

#7577B0

accent

#5DCE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B893E

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

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