#8B8523#8B8523

#8B8523 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.115 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8523
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -9.51, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 51.23, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0315 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.115 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3392, 22.3861, 4.8920)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8523 #23298B

analogous

#8B5123 #8B8523 #5D8B23

triadic

#8B8523 #238B85 #85238B

tetradic

#8B8523 #238B51 #23298B #8B235D

square

#8B8523 #238B51 #23298B #8B235D

split-complementary

#8B8523 #235D8B #51238B

monochromatic

#29270A #5A5617 #8B8523 #BCB42F #D4CD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8B8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8B8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8523

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8523	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)

#918011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.115 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a866',
    500: '#8b8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8523;
$custom-light: #b0a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60393,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8523

secondary

#5258B8

accent

#4EE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8523

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

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