#8B8417#8B8417

#8B8417 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.121 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8417
RGB	rgb(139, 132, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -9.46, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 54.82, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0324 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.121 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0542, 22.0541, 4.0636)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8417 #171E8B

analogous

#8B4A17 #8B8417 #588B17

triadic

#8B8417 #178B84 #84178B

tetradic

#8B8417 #178B4A #171E8B #8B1758

square

#8B8417 #178B4A #171E8B #8B1758

split-complementary

#8B8417 #17588B #4A178B

monochromatic

#222006 #56520E #8B8417 #C0B620 #DFD53D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8B8417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8B8417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8417

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8417	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 132, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.121 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a760',
    500: '#8b8417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8417;
$custom-light: #b1a760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60094,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8417

secondary

#3F47BF

accent

#44EE39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8417

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

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