#8B8530#8B8530

#8B8530 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.106 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8530
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -8.77, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 45.91, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.0279 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.106 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5692, 22.4781, 6.1036)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8530 #30368B

analogous

#8B5830 #8B8530 #648B30

triadic

#8B8530 #308B85 #85308B

tetradic

#8B8530 #308B58 #30368B #8B3064

square

#8B8530 #308B58 #30368B #8B3064

split-complementary

#8B8530 #30648B #58308B

monochromatic

#302E11 #5E5920 #8B8530 #B8B140 #CCC56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8B8530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8B8530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8530

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8530	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.106 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa86d',
    500: '#8b8530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8530;
$custom-light: #afa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.044,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60501,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8530

secondary

#6469B3

accent

#59D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8530

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

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