#8B8529#8B8529

#8B8529 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.111 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8529
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -9.20, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 48.89, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0299 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.111 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4360, 22.4248, 5.4020)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8529 #292F8B

analogous

#8B5429 #8B8529 #608B29

triadic

#8B8529 #298B85 #85298B

tetradic

#8B8529 #298B54 #292F8B #8B2960

square

#8B8529 #298B54 #292F8B #8B2960

split-complementary

#8B8529 #29608B #54298B

monochromatic

#2C2B0D #5C581B #8B8529 #BAB237 #D0C95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8B8529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8B8529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8529

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8529	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)

#91801B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.111 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a869',
    500: '#8b8529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8529;
$custom-light: #b0a869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60438,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8529

secondary

#5B60B5

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8529

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

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