#8B8020#8B8020

#8B8020 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.113 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8020
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -6.91, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 50.55, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0245 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.113 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6282, 21.0324, 4.4447)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8020 #202B8B

analogous

#8B4A20 #8B8020 #608B20

triadic

#8B8020 #208B80 #80208B

tetradic

#8B8020 #208B4A #202B8B #8B2060

square

#8B8020 #208B4A #202B8B #8B2060

split-complementary

#8B8020 #20608B #4A208B

monochromatic

#282409 #595215 #8B8020 #BDAE2B #D6C94F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8B8020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8B8020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8020

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8020	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96766E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.113 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a463',
    500: '#8b8020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8020;
$custom-light: #b0a463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59234,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8020

secondary

#4D58BA

accent

#53E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8020

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

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