#8B8021#8B8021

#8B8021 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.112 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8021
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -6.87, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 50.19, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0242 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.112 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6420, 21.0379, 4.5173)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8021 #212C8B

analogous

#8B4B21 #8B8021 #618B21

triadic

#8B8021 #218B80 #80218B

tetradic

#8B8021 #218B4B #212C8B #8B2161

square

#8B8021 #218B4B #212C8B #8B2161

split-complementary

#8B8021 #21618B #4B218B

monochromatic

#28250A #5A5215 #8B8021 #BCAE2D #D6C851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8B8021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8B8021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8021

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8021	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)

#8C7C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.112 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a464',
    500: '#8b8021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8021;
$custom-light: #b0a464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59241,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8021

secondary

#4F5AB9

accent

#54E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8021

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

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