#8B8321#8B8321

#8B8321 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	#8B8321
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -8.52, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 51.23, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0289 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.115 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0391, 21.8321, 4.6497)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8321 #21298B

analogous

#8B4E21 #8B8321 #5E8B21

triadic

#8B8321 #218B83 #83218B

tetradic

#8B8321 #218B4E #21298B #8B215E

square

#8B8321 #218B4E #21298B #8B215E

split-complementary

#8B8321 #215E8B #4E218B

monochromatic

#28260A #5A5415 #8B8321 #BCB22D #D6CC51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8B8321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8B8321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8321

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8321	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)

#8F7E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.115 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a664',
    500: '#8b8321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8321;
$custom-light: #b0a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59923,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8321

secondary

#4F57B9

accent

#4FE543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8321

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

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