#8B8221#8B8221

#8B8221 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	#8B8221
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -7.97, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 50.88, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0273 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.114 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9054, 21.5648, 4.6051)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8221 #212A8B

analogous

#8B4D21 #8B8221 #5F8B21

triadic

#8B8221 #218B82 #82218B

tetradic

#8B8221 #218B4D #212A8B #8B215F

square

#8B8221 #218B4D #212A8B #8B215F

split-complementary

#8B8221 #215F8B #4D218B

monochromatic

#28250A #5A5415 #8B8221 #BCB02D #D6CA51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8B8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8B8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8221

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8221	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)

#8E7D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96796F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.114 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a664',
    500: '#8b8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8221;
$custom-light: #b0a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59695,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8221

secondary

#4F58B9

accent

#51E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8221

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

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