#8B8619#8B8619

#8B8619 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	#8B8619
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 25)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -10.47, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 54.93, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0351 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.122 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3489, 22.6101, 4.2645)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8619 #191E8B

analogous

#8B4D19 #8B8619 #578B19

triadic

#8B8619 #198B86 #86198B

tetradic

#8B8619 #198B4D #191E8B #8B1957

square

#8B8619 #198B4D #191E8B #8B1957

split-complementary

#8B8619 #19578B #4D198B

monochromatic

#232206 #575410 #8B8619 #BFB822 #DDD641

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B8619 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8B8619 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8619

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8619	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8619	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)

#948523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8619;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.122 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a861',
    500: '#8b8619',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8619;
$custom-light: #b1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8619",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60563,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8619

secondary

#4247BE

accent

#43EC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8619

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

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