#8B8322#8B8322

#8B8322 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.114 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8322
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -8.47, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 50.87, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0286 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.114 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0533, 21.8378, 4.7246)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8322 #222A8B

analogous

#8B4F22 #8B8322 #5F8B22

triadic

#8B8322 #228B83 #83228B

tetradic

#8B8322 #228B4F #222A8B #8B225F

square

#8B8322 #228B4F #222A8B #8B225F

split-complementary

#8B8322 #225F8B #4F228B

monochromatic

#29260A #5A5516 #8B8322 #BCB12E #D5CB53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8B8322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8B8322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8322

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8322	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)

#8F7E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.114 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a665',
    500: '#8b8322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8322;
$custom-light: #b0a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59929,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8322

secondary

#5058B8

accent

#50E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8322

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

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