#8B8219#8B8219

#8B8219 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.118 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8219
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 25)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -8.30, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 53.56, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.029 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.118 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8064, 21.5252, 4.0837)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8219 #19228B

analogous

#8B4919 #8B8219 #5B8B19

triadic

#8B8219 #198B82 #82198B

tetradic

#8B8219 #198B49 #19228B #8B195B

square

#8B8219 #198B49 #19228B #8B195B

split-complementary

#8B8219 #195B8B #49198B

monochromatic

#232106 #575110 #8B8219 #BFB322 #DDD141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8B8219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8B8219 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8219

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8219	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.118 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a661',
    500: '#8b8219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8219;
$custom-light: #b1a661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59647,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8219

secondary

#424CBE

accent

#49EC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8219

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

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