#8B8329#8B8329

#8B8329 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.109 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B8329
RGBrgb(139, 131, 41)
HSLhsl(55, 54%, 35%)
HSVhsv(55, 71%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(53.90, -8.11, 47.44)
CIE-LCHlch(53.90, 48.13, 99.70°)
OKLaboklab(59.98% -0.0268 0.1061)
OKLCHoklch(59.98% 0.109 104.2)
XYZxyz(19.1648, 21.8824, 5.3116)
Luminance0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B8329 #29318B
analogous
#8B5229 #8B8329 #628B29
triadic
#8B8329 #298B83 #83298B
tetradic
#8B8329 #298B52 #29318B #8B2962
square
#8B8329 #298B52 #29318B #8B2962
split-complementary
#8B8329 #29628B #52298B
monochromatic
#2C2A0D #5C561B #8B8329 #BAB037 #D0C65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91
#8B8329 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38
#8B8329 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8329
5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B8329#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B83291.003.915.385.38
#FFFFFF3.911.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3821.001.001.00
##0000005.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F7E1C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91832F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#967A71
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b8329;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.109 104.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a669',
    500: '#8b8329',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b8329;
$custom-light: #b0a669;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b8329",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59982,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B8329
secondary
#5B62B5
accent
#56DE4A
background
#FBFAF6
surface
#F6F4EB
border
#D0CEC6
text
#110F06
muted
#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8329

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#8B8329 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva