#8B8320#8B8320

#8B8320 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.115 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8320
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -8.56, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 51.59, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0291 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.115 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0253, 21.8266, 4.5770)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8320 #20288B

analogous

#8B4D20 #8B8320 #5D8B20

triadic

#8B8320 #208B83 #83208B

tetradic

#8B8320 #208B4D #20288B #8B205D

square

#8B8320 #208B4D #20288B #8B205D

split-complementary

#8B8320 #205D8B #4D208B

monochromatic

#282509 #595415 #8B8320 #BDB22B #D6CC4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8B8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8B8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8320

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8320	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.115 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a664',
    500: '#8b8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8320;
$custom-light: #b0a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59916,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8320

secondary

#4D55BA

accent

#4EE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8320

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

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