#8B8121#8B8121

#8B8121 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.113 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8121
RGB	rgb(139, 129, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -7.42, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 50.53, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0258 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.113 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7731, 21.3001, 4.5610)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8121 #212B8B

analogous

#8B4C21 #8B8121 #608B21

triadic

#8B8121 #218B81 #81218B

tetradic

#8B8121 #218B4C #212B8B #8B2160

square

#8B8121 #218B4C #212B8B #8B2160

split-complementary

#8B8121 #21608B #4C218B

monochromatic

#28250A #5A5315 #8B8121 #BCAF2D #D6C951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8B8121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8B8121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8121

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8121	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 129, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.113 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a564',
    500: '#8b8121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8121;
$custom-light: #b0a564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59468,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8121

secondary

#4F59B9

accent

#52E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8121

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

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