#8B8518#8B8518

#8B8518 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.121 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8518
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 24)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -9.97, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 54.87, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0337 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.121 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2007, 22.3307, 4.1628)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8518 #181E8B

analogous

#8B4C18 #8B8518 #578B18

triadic

#8B8518 #188B85 #85188B

tetradic

#8B8518 #188B4C #181E8B #8B1857

square

#8B8518 #188B4C #181E8B #8B1857

split-complementary

#8B8518 #18578B #4C188B

monochromatic

#232106 #57530F #8B8518 #BFB721 #DED63F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8B8518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8B8518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8518

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8518	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.121 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a861',
    500: '#8b8518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8518;
$custom-light: #b1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60328,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8518

secondary

#4047BE

accent

#44ED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8518

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

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