#8B8624#8B8624

#8B8624 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.116 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8624
RGB	rgb(139, 134, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, -10.01, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 51.23, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0327 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.116 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4918, 22.6672, 5.0172)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8624 #24298B

analogous

#8B5324 #8B8624 #5D8B24

triadic

#8B8624 #248B86 #86248B

tetradic

#8B8624 #248B53 #24298B #8B245D

square

#8B8624 #248B53 #24298B #8B245D

split-complementary

#8B8624 #245D8B #53248B

monochromatic

#2A280B #5A5717 #8B8624 #BCB531 #D3CD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8B8624 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8B8624 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8624

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8624	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8624	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)

#928112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8624;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 134, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.116 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a966',
    500: '#8b8624',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8624;
$custom-light: #b0a966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8624",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60629,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8624

secondary

#5358B7

accent

#4DE246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8624

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

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