#8B8317#8B8317

#8B8317 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.120 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8317
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -8.91, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 54.48, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0309 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.12 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9193, 21.7842, 4.0187)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8317 #171F8B

analogous

#8B4917 #8B8317 #598B17

triadic

#8B8317 #178B83 #83178B

tetradic

#8B8317 #178B49 #171F8B #8B1759

square

#8B8317 #178B49 #171F8B #8B1759

split-complementary

#8B8317 #17598B #49178B

monochromatic

#222006 #56520E #8B8317 #C0B420 #DFD43D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8B8317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8B8317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8317

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8317	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.120 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a660',
    500: '#8b8317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8317;
$custom-light: #b1a660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59866,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8317

secondary

#3F48BF

accent

#46EE39

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F6F4EA

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8317

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

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