#8B8521#8B8521

#8B8521 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.117 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8521
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -9.61, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 51.96, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% -0.0319 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.117 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3103, 22.3746, 4.7401)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8521 #21278B

analogous

#8B5021 #8B8521 #5C8B21

triadic

#8B8521 #218B85 #85218B

tetradic

#8B8521 #218B50 #21278B #8B215C

square

#8B8521 #218B50 #21278B #8B215C

split-complementary

#8B8521 #215C8B #50218B

monochromatic

#28260A #5A5615 #8B8521 #BCB42D #D6CE51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8B8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8B8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8521

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8521	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)

#91800C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.117 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a865',
    500: '#8b8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8521;
$custom-light: #b0a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6038,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8521

secondary

#4F55B9

accent

#4CE543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8521

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

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