#8B8228#8B8228

#8B8228 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.109 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8228
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -7.61, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 48.17, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0256 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.109 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0139, 21.6082, 5.1763)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8228 #28318B

analogous

#8B5028 #8B8228 #638B28

triadic

#8B8228 #288B82 #82288B

tetradic

#8B8228 #288B50 #28318B #8B2863

square

#8B8228 #288B50 #28318B #8B2863

split-complementary

#8B8228 #28638B #50288B

monochromatic

#2C290D #5B561A #8B8228 #BBAE36 #D0C65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8B8228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8B8228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8228

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8228	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.109 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a668',
    500: '#8b8228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8228;
$custom-light: #b0a668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59747,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8228

secondary

#5962B6

accent

#57DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8228

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →