#8B8323#8B8323

#8B8323 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	#8B8323
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -8.42, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 50.50, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0284 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.114 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0679, 21.8437, 4.8016)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8323 #232B8B

analogous

#8B4F23 #8B8323 #5F8B23

triadic

#8B8323 #238B83 #83238B

tetradic

#8B8323 #238B4F #232B8B #8B235F

square

#8B8323 #238B4F #232B8B #8B235F

split-complementary

#8B8323 #235F8B #4F238B

monochromatic

#29270A #5A5517 #8B8323 #BCB12F #D4CA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8B8323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8B8323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8323

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8323	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)

#8F7E11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.114 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a665',
    500: '#8b8323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8323;
$custom-light: #b0a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59936,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8323

secondary

#525AB8

accent

#51E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8323

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

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