Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind yellow-800 #854D0E
Tailwind CSS v3's yellow-800 is #854D0E. It is a dark soft brown in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.476, chroma 0.103 and hue 61.9°. The nearest CSS named color is saddlebrown (#8B4513), ΔE2000 5.4 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1033
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.476 · 0.103 · 61.9
- Best text
- White 6.85:1
- Hue family
- Brown
#854D0E color codes
- HEX
#854D0E- RGB
rgb(133, 77, 14)- HSL
hsl(32, 81%, 29%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.476 0.103 61.9)- OKLab
oklab(0.476 0.049 0.091)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 38.42, a* 19.05, b* 43.31- XYZ (D65)
X 12.41, Y 10.33, Z 1.76- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 42%, 89%, 48%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #854D0E accessible?
White text on it reaches 6.85:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.06:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
3.06:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +20
-
White text on it
6.85:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −88
-
As text on black
3.06:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −18
-
As text on white
6.85:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +83
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
-
For text on white
#854D0E 6.85:1
It already reaches 6.85:1 on white, so no change is needed.
-
For text on black
#A36830 4.58:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.48 to 0.57 reaches 4.58:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #854D0E live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #854D0E
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #854D0E sits at step 700.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 yellow scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #854D0E can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.110; #854D0E uses 94% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.126 there: 14% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.103
- sRGB edge
- 0.110
- Display P3 edge
- 0.126
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.127
- Dominant wavelength
- 587 nm
- Excitation purity
- 80%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5066, y 0.4217
- This color#854D0E
- Most vivid in sRGB#874C00
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.476 0.126 61.9)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #854d0e;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5165 0.2963 0); }
}Mixing
Mixing #854D0E
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#C2A687
- OKLab50%#C3A489
- OKLCH50%#C3A489
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#432707
- OKLab50%#301802
- OKLCH50%#301802
Its complement #166291
- sRGB50%#4E5850
- OKLab50%#5C5C5C
- OKLCH50%#7D4576
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #854d0e, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #854d0e 50%, white);In use
#854D0E in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.85:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.85:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:16.85:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.85:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.85:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.73:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.73:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.73:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AB7038 4.55:1
Color vision
How #854D0E looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.3; protanopia changes it least, 16.6.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#5E5300 ΔE2000 16.6
Distinct
Reads as dark muted yellow
-
Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#6C600F ΔE2000 16.7
Distinct
Reads as muted yellow
-
Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#924042 ΔE2000 21.4
Distinct
Reads as soft brown
-
Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#5A5A5A ΔE2000 23.3
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #166291. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #854D0E · #166291 | 42.0 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #5E5300 · #4C6393 | 44.1 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #6C600F · #3B5890 | 46.4 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #924042 · #006E73 | 44.8 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #5A5A5A · #5D5D5D | 1.1 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #854D0E
Its complement is #166291, a dark soft blue, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#854D0E
- Complement#166291
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#8D4436
- Base#854D0E
- +30°#705A00
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#854D0E
- +120°#006C60
- +240°#684D8D
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#854D0E
- +150°#006878
- +210°#485796
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-yellow-800: #854d0e;
}// tailwind.config.js — already built in as yellow-800;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
yellow: { 800: '#854d0e' },
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own yellow-800; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-yellow-800: oklch(0.476 0.103 61.9);
}{
"color": {
"yellow-800": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.5216, 0.302, 0.0549],
"hex": "#854d0e"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 yellow-800"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let yellow800 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.522, green: 0.302, blue: 0.055, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Yellow800 = Color(0xFF854D0E)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #854D0E in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.