#8B8516#8B8516

#8B8516 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.122 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8516
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -10.03, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 55.44, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0341 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.122 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1807, 22.3227, 4.0573)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8516 #161C8B

analogous

#8B4B16 #8B8516 #578B16

triadic

#8B8516 #168B85 #85168B

tetradic

#8B8516 #168B4B #161C8B #8B1657

square

#8B8516 #168B4B #161C8B #8B1657

split-complementary

#8B8516 #16578B #4B168B

monochromatic

#212005 #56520E #8B8516 #C0B81E #E0D83B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8B8516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8B8516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8516

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8516	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.122 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a860',
    500: '#8b8516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8516;
$custom-light: #b1a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60319,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8516

secondary

#3E45BF

accent

#42EF38

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F6F4EA

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8516

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

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