#8B8524#8B8524

#8B8524 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	#8B8524
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -9.46, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 50.86, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0312 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.115 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3542, 22.3921, 4.9713)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8524 #242A8B

analogous

#8B5224 #8B8524 #5E8B24

triadic

#8B8524 #248B85 #85248B

tetradic

#8B8524 #248B52 #242A8B #8B245E

square

#8B8524 #248B52 #242A8B #8B245E

split-complementary

#8B8524 #245E8B #52248B

monochromatic

#2A280B #5A5617 #8B8524 #BCB431 #D3CC56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8B8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8B8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8524

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8524	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)

#918012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.115 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a866',
    500: '#8b8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8524;
$custom-light: #b0a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.604,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8524

secondary

#5359B7

accent

#4FE246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8524

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

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