#8B8427#8B8427

#8B8427 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.112 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8427
RGB	rgb(139, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -8.76, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 49.32, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0289 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.112 105)
XYZ	xyz(19.2657, 22.1387, 5.1774)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8427 #272E8B

analogous

#8B5227 #8B8427 #608B27

triadic

#8B8427 #278B84 #84278B

tetradic

#8B8427 #278B52 #272E8B #8B2760

square

#8B8427 #278B52 #272E8B #8B2760

split-complementary

#8B8427 #27608B #52278B

monochromatic

#2B290C #5B571A #8B8427 #BBB134 #D1C95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8B8427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8B8427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8427

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8427	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.112 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a768',
    500: '#8b8427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8427;
$custom-light: #b0a768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60194,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.22138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8427

secondary

#585EB6

accent

#53DF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8427

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

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