#8B8718#8B8718

#8B8718 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.123 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8718
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 24)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -11.05, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 55.57, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0367 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.123 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4771, 22.8836, 4.2550)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8718 #181C8B

analogous

#8B4E18 #8B8718 #568B18

triadic

#8B8718 #188B87 #87188B

tetradic

#8B8718 #188B4E #181C8B #8B1856

square

#8B8718 #188B4E #181C8B #8B1856

split-complementary

#8B8718 #18568B #4E188B

monochromatic

#232206 #57540F #8B8718 #BFBA21 #DED83F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8B8718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8B8718 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8718

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8718	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.123 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a961',
    500: '#8b8718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8718;
$custom-light: #b1a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60788,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8718

secondary

#4045BE

accent

#41ED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8718

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

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