#8B8531#8B8531

#8B8531 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.105 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8531
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -8.70, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 45.46, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0276 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.105 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5901, 22.4865, 6.2135)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8531 #31378B

analogous

#8B5831 #8B8531 #648B31

triadic

#8B8531 #318B85 #85318B

tetradic

#8B8531 #318B58 #31378B #8B3164

square

#8B8531 #318B58 #31378B #8B3164

split-complementary

#8B8531 #31648B #58318B

monochromatic

#312E11 #5E5A21 #8B8531 #B8B041 #CBC56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8B8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8B8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8531

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8531	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)

#908027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.105 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa86d',
    500: '#8b8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8531;
$custom-light: #afa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6051,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8531

secondary

#656AB2

accent

#59D750

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8531

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

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