#8B8420#8B8420

#8B8420 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.116 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8420
RGB	rgb(139, 132, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -9.11, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 51.95, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0306 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.116 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1603, 22.0965, 4.6220)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8420 #20278B

analogous

#8B4E20 #8B8420 #5C8B20

triadic

#8B8420 #208B84 #84208B

tetradic

#8B8420 #208B4E #20278B #8B205C

square

#8B8420 #208B4E #20278B #8B205C

split-complementary

#8B8420 #205C8B #4E208B

monochromatic

#282609 #595515 #8B8420 #BDB32B #D6CE4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8B8420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8B8420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8420

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8420	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 132, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.116 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a764',
    500: '#8b8420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8420;
$custom-light: #b0a764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60144,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8420

secondary

#4D54BA

accent

#4DE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8420

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

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