#8B822B#8B822B

#8B822B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.107 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B822B
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -7.44, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 46.92, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0247 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.107 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0669, 21.6294, 5.4556)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B822B #2B348B

analogous

#8B522B #8B822B #648B2B

triadic

#8B822B #2B8B82 #822B8B

tetradic

#8B822B #2B8B52 #2B348B #8B2B64

square

#8B822B #2B8B52 #2B348B #8B2B64

split-complementary

#8B822B #2B648B #522B8B

monochromatic

#2E2B0E #5C561D #8B822B #BAAE39 #CEC462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8B822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8B822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B822B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B822B	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.107 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a66a',
    500: '#8b822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b822b;
$custom-light: #b0a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59772,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B822B

secondary

#5D65B5

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B822B

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

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