#8B8532#8B8532

#8B8532 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.104 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8532
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -8.63, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 45.01, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0273 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.104 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6114, 22.4950, 6.3259)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8532 #32388B

analogous

#8B5932 #8B8532 #658B32

triadic

#8B8532 #328B85 #85328B

tetradic

#8B8532 #328B59 #32388B #8B3265

square

#8B8532 #328B59 #32388B #8B3265

split-complementary

#8B8532 #32658B #59328B

monochromatic

#312F12 #5E5A22 #8B8532 #B8B042 #CAC46D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8B8532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8B8532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8532

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8532	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)

#908028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.104 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa86e',
    500: '#8b8532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8532;
$custom-light: #afa86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6052,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8532

secondary

#676CB2

accent

#5AD751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8532

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

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