#8B8716#8B8716

#8B8716 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.124 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8716
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -11.11, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 56.12, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0371 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.124 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4571, 22.8755, 4.1494)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8716 #161A8B

analogous

#8B4D16 #8B8716 #558B16

triadic

#8B8716 #168B87 #87168B

tetradic

#8B8716 #168B4D #161A8B #8B1655

square

#8B8716 #168B4D #161A8B #8B1655

split-complementary

#8B8716 #16558B #4D168B

monochromatic

#212005 #56540E #8B8716 #C0BA1E #E0DA3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8B8716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8B8716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8716

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8716	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.124 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a960',
    500: '#8b8716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8716;
$custom-light: #b1a960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60778,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8716

secondary

#3E42BF

accent

#3FEF38

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8716

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

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