#8B8618#8B8618

#8B8618 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.122 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8618
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 24)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -10.51, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 55.22, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0352 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.122 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3383, 22.6058, 4.2087)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8618 #181D8B

analogous

#8B4C18 #8B8618 #578B18

triadic

#8B8618 #188B86 #86188B

tetradic

#8B8618 #188B4C #181D8B #8B1857

square

#8B8618 #188B4C #181D8B #8B1857

split-complementary

#8B8618 #18578B #4C188B

monochromatic

#232106 #57540F #8B8618 #BFB821 #DED73F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B8618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8B8618 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8618

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8618	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)

#948522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.122 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a861',
    500: '#8b8618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8618;
$custom-light: #b1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60558,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8618

secondary

#4046BE

accent

#42ED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8618

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

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