#8B8436#8B8436

#8B8436 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.100 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8436
RGB	rgb(139, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -7.79, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 42.75, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0244 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.1 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5653, 22.2585, 6.7550)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8436 #363D8B

analogous

#8B5936 #8B8436 #678B36

triadic

#8B8436 #368B84 #84368B

tetradic

#8B8436 #368B59 #363D8B #8B3667

square

#8B8436 #368B59 #363D8B #8B3667

split-complementary

#8B8436 #36678B #59368B

monochromatic

#333014 #5F5A25 #8B8436 #B7AE47 #C9C173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8B8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8B8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8436

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8436	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.100 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa770',
    500: '#8b8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8436;
$custom-light: #afa770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60335,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8436

secondary

#6C71B1

accent

#5FD454

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8436

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

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