#8B8327#8B8327

#8B8327 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.111 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8327
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -8.22, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 48.94, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0274 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.111 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1308, 21.8688, 5.1325)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8327 #272F8B

analogous

#8B5127 #8B8327 #618B27

triadic

#8B8327 #278B83 #83278B

tetradic

#8B8327 #278B51 #272F8B #8B2761

square

#8B8327 #278B51 #272F8B #8B2761

split-complementary

#8B8327 #27618B #51278B

monochromatic

#2B290C #5B561A #8B8327 #BBB034 #D1C85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8B8327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8B8327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8327

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8327	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)

#8F7E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.111 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a667',
    500: '#8b8327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8327;
$custom-light: #b0a667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59966,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8327

secondary

#585FB6

accent

#54DF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8327

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

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