#8B8424#8B8424

#8B8424 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.114 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8424
RGB	rgb(139, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -8.92, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 50.48, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0297 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.114 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2180, 22.1196, 4.9259)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8424 #242B8B

analogous

#8B5124 #8B8424 #5F8B24

triadic

#8B8424 #248B84 #84248B

tetradic

#8B8424 #248B51 #242B8B #8B245F

square

#8B8424 #248B51 #242B8B #8B245F

split-complementary

#8B8424 #245F8B #51248B

monochromatic

#2A280B #5A5617 #8B8424 #BCB231 #D3CB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8B8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8B8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8424

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8424	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)

#907F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.114 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a766',
    500: '#8b8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8424;
$custom-light: #b0a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60172,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8424

secondary

#535AB7

accent

#50E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8424

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

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