#8D811B#8D811B

#8D811B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.116 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D811B
RGB	rgb(141, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -6.75, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 52.71, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0246 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.116 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0335, 21.4432, 4.1731)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D811B #1B278D

analogous

#8D481B #8D811B #608D1B

triadic

#8D811B #1B8D81 #811B8D

tetradic

#8D811B #1B8D48 #1B278D #8D1B60

square

#8D811B #1B8D48 #1B278D #8D1B60

split-complementary

#8D811B #1B608D #481B8D

monochromatic

#262307 #5A5211 #8D811B #C0B025 #DCCC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8D811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8D811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D811B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D811B	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.116 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a561',
    500: '#8d811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d811b;
$custom-light: #b2a561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59625,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D811B

secondary

#4653BD

accent

#4FEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D811B

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

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