#8B8522#8B8522

#8B8522 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.116 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8522
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -9.56, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 51.60, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0317 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.116 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3245, 22.3802, 4.8150)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8522 #22288B

analogous

#8B5122 #8B8522 #5D8B22

triadic

#8B8522 #228B85 #85228B

tetradic

#8B8522 #228B51 #22288B #8B225D

square

#8B8522 #228B51 #22288B #8B225D

split-complementary

#8B8522 #225D8B #51228B

monochromatic

#29270A #5A5616 #8B8522 #BCB42E #D5CD53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8B8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8B8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8522

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8522	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.116 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a865',
    500: '#8b8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8522;
$custom-light: #b0a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60386,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8522

secondary

#5056B8

accent

#4DE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8522

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

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