#8B8331#8B8331

#8B8331 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.103 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8331
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -7.60, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 44.66, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0245 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.103 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3189, 21.9440, 6.1231)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8331 #31398B

analogous

#8B5631 #8B8331 #668B31

triadic

#8B8331 #318B83 #83318B

tetradic

#8B8331 #318B56 #31398B #8B3166

square

#8B8331 #318B56 #31398B #8B3166

split-complementary

#8B8331 #31668B #56318B

monochromatic

#312E11 #5E5821 #8B8331 #B8AE41 #CBC26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8B8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8B8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8331

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8331	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.103 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66d',
    500: '#8b8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8331;
$custom-light: #afa66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60055,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8331

secondary

#656CB2

accent

#5CD750

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8331

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

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