#8B8616#8B8616

#8B8616 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.123 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8616
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -10.57, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 55.78, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.0356 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.123 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3182, 22.5978, 4.1031)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8616 #161B8B

analogous

#8B4C16 #8B8616 #568B16

triadic

#8B8616 #168B86 #86168B

tetradic

#8B8616 #168B4C #161B8B #8B1656

square

#8B8616 #168B4C #161B8B #8B1656

split-complementary

#8B8616 #16568B #4C168B

monochromatic

#212005 #56530E #8B8616 #C0B91E #E0D93B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B8616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8B8616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8616

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8616	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.123 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a860',
    500: '#8b8616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8616;
$custom-light: #b1a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60548,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8616

secondary

#3E44BF

accent

#40EF38

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8616

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

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