#8B8319#8B8319

#8B8319 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.119 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8319
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 25)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -8.84, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 53.90, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0305 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.119 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9401, 21.7925, 4.1282)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8319 #19218B

analogous

#8B4A19 #8B8319 #5A8B19

triadic

#8B8319 #198B83 #83198B

tetradic

#8B8319 #198B4A #19218B #8B195A

square

#8B8319 #198B4A #19218B #8B195A

split-complementary

#8B8319 #195A8B #4A198B

monochromatic

#232106 #575210 #8B8319 #BFB422 #DDD241

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8B8319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8B8319 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8319

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8319	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)

#928322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.119 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a661',
    500: '#8b8319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8319;
$custom-light: #b1a661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59876,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8319

secondary

#424BBE

accent

#48EC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8319

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

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