#8B802B#8B802B

#8B802B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.105 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B802B
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -6.34, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 46.17, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% -0.0216 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.105 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8035, 21.1025, 5.3678)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B802B #2B368B

analogous

#8B502B #8B802B #668B2B

triadic

#8B802B #2B8B80 #802B8B

tetradic

#8B802B #2B8B50 #2B368B #8B2B66

square

#8B802B #2B8B50 #2B368B #8B2B66

split-complementary

#8B802B #2B668B #502B8B

monochromatic

#2E2A0E #5C551D #8B802B #BAAB39 #CEC262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8B802B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#8B802B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B802B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B802B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B802B	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)

#8C7C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b802b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.105 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a469',
    500: '#8b802b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b802b;
$custom-light: #b0a469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b802b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59319,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B802B

secondary

#5D67B5

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B802B

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

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