#8B802A#8B802A

#8B802A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.106 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B802A
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -6.40, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 46.60, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0219 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.106 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7853, 21.0953, 5.2723)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B802A #2A358B

analogous

#8B4F2A #8B802A #658B2A

triadic

#8B802A #2A8B80 #802A8B

tetradic

#8B802A #2A8B4F #2A358B #8B2A65

square

#8B802A #2A8B4F #2A358B #8B2A65

split-complementary

#8B802A #2A658B #4F2A8B

monochromatic

#2D290E #5C551C #8B802A #BAAB38 #CFC360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8B802A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#8B802A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B802A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B802A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B802A	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F812F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b802a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.106 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a469',
    500: '#8b802a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b802a;
$custom-light: #b0a469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b802a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.196,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5931,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B802A

secondary

#5C66B5

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B802A

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

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