#8B8232#8B8232

#8B8232 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.101 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8232
RGB	rgb(139, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -6.99, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 43.81, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0226 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.101 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2065, 21.6853, 6.1910)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8232 #323B8B

analogous

#8B5632 #8B8232 #678B32

triadic

#8B8232 #328B82 #82328B

tetradic

#8B8232 #328B56 #323B8B #8B3267

square

#8B8232 #328B56 #323B8B #8B3267

split-complementary

#8B8232 #32678B #56328B

monochromatic

#312E12 #5E5822 #8B8232 #B8AC42 #CAC16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8B8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#8B8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8232

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8232	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.101 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66e',
    500: '#8b8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8232;
$custom-light: #afa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.933,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59839,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8232

secondary

#676EB2

accent

#5FD751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8232

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

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