#8B8620#8B8620

#8B8620 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.118 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8620
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -10.20, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 52.68, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0337 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.118 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4341, 22.6442, 4.7133)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8620 #20258B

analogous

#8B5020 #8B8620 #5A8B20

triadic

#8B8620 #208B86 #86208B

tetradic

#8B8620 #208B50 #20258B #8B205A

square

#8B8620 #208B50 #20258B #8B205A

split-complementary

#8B8620 #205A8B #50208B

monochromatic

#282609 #595615 #8B8620 #BDB62B #D6D04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B8620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8B8620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8620

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8620	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.118 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a864',
    500: '#8b8620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8620;
$custom-light: #b0a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60602,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8620

secondary

#4D52BA

accent

#4AE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8620

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

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