#8B8023#8B8023

#8B8023 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.111 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8023
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -6.77, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 49.43, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0237 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.111 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6708, 21.0495, 4.6693)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8023 #232E8B

analogous

#8B4C23 #8B8023 #628B23

triadic

#8B8023 #238B80 #80238B

tetradic

#8B8023 #238B4C #232E8B #8B2362

square

#8B8023 #238B4C #232E8B #8B2362

split-complementary

#8B8023 #23628B #4C238B

monochromatic

#29260A #5A5317 #8B8023 #BCAD2F #D4C754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8B8023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8B8023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8023

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8023	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)

#8C7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.111 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a465',
    500: '#8b8023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8023;
$custom-light: #b0a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59255,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8023

secondary

#525DB8

accent

#56E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8023

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

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