#8B8222#8B8222

#8B8222 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.113 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8222
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -7.92, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 50.51, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0271 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.113 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9196, 21.5705, 4.6800)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8222 #222B8B

analogous

#8B4E22 #8B8222 #608B22

triadic

#8B8222 #228B82 #82228B

tetradic

#8B8222 #228B4E #222B8B #8B2260

square

#8B8222 #228B4E #222B8B #8B2260

split-complementary

#8B8222 #22608B #4E228B

monochromatic

#29260A #5A5416 #8B8222 #BCB02E #D5CA53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8B8222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8B8222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8222

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8222	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)

#8E7D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96796F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.113 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a665',
    500: '#8b8222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8222;
$custom-light: #b0a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59702,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8222

secondary

#5059B8

accent

#52E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8222

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

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