#8B8623#8B8623

#8B8623 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.116 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8623
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -10.06, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 51.60, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.033 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.116 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4767, 22.6612, 4.9379)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8623 #23288B

analogous

#8B5223 #8B8623 #5C8B23

triadic

#8B8623 #238B86 #86238B

tetradic

#8B8623 #238B52 #23288B #8B235C

square

#8B8623 #238B52 #23288B #8B235C

split-complementary

#8B8623 #235C8B #52238B

monochromatic

#29280A #5A5717 #8B8623 #BCB52F #D4CE54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B8623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8B8623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8623

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8623	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)

#928110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.116 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a966',
    500: '#8b8623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8623;
$custom-light: #b0a966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60622,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8623

secondary

#5257B8

accent

#4CE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8623

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

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