#8B8022#8B8022

#8B8022 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.111 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8022
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -6.82, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 49.81, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.024 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.111 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6562, 21.0436, 4.5922)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8022 #222D8B

analogous

#8B4C22 #8B8022 #628B22

triadic

#8B8022 #228B80 #80228B

tetradic

#8B8022 #228B4C #222D8B #8B2262

square

#8B8022 #228B4C #222D8B #8B2262

split-complementary

#8B8022 #22628B #4C228B

monochromatic

#29250A #5A5316 #8B8022 #BCAD2E #D5C753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8B8022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8B8022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8022

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8022	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)

#8C7C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.111 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a464',
    500: '#8b8022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8022;
$custom-light: #b0a464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59248,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8022

secondary

#505BB8

accent

#55E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8022

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

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