#8B8220#8B8220

#8B8220 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.114 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8220
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -8.01, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 51.24, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0275 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.114 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8916, 21.5593, 4.5325)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8220 #20298B

analogous

#8B4C20 #8B8220 #5E8B20

triadic

#8B8220 #208B82 #82208B

tetradic

#8B8220 #208B4C #20298B #8B205E

square

#8B8220 #208B4C #20298B #8B205E

split-complementary

#8B8220 #205E8B #4C208B

monochromatic

#282509 #595315 #8B8220 #BDB12B #D6CB4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8B8220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8B8220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8220

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8220	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96796F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.114 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a664',
    500: '#8b8220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8220;
$custom-light: #b0a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59688,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8220

secondary

#4D56BA

accent

#50E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8220

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

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