#8B8422#8B8422

#8B8422 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.115 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8422
RGB	rgb(139, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -9.02, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 51.23, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0302 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.115 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1883, 22.1077, 4.7695)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8422 #22298B

analogous

#8B5022 #8B8422 #5E8B22

triadic

#8B8422 #228B84 #84228B

tetradic

#8B8422 #228B50 #22298B #8B225E

square

#8B8422 #228B50 #22298B #8B225E

split-complementary

#8B8422 #225E8B #50228B

monochromatic

#29270A #5A5516 #8B8422 #BCB32E #D5CC53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8B8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8B8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8422

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8422	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#907F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.115 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a765',
    500: '#8b8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8422;
$custom-light: #b0a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60158,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8422

secondary

#5057B8

accent

#4FE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8422

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

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