#8B8720#8B8720

#8B8720 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.119 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8720
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -10.74, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 53.04, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0352 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.119 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5729, 22.9219, 4.7596)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8720 #20248B

analogous

#8B5120 #8B8720 #598B20

triadic

#8B8720 #208B87 #87208B

tetradic

#8B8720 #208B51 #20248B #8B2059

square

#8B8720 #208B51 #20248B #8B2059

split-complementary

#8B8720 #20598B #51208B

monochromatic

#282609 #595715 #8B8720 #BDB72B #D6D14F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8B8720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8B8720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8720

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8720	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#938208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.119 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a964',
    500: '#8b8720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8720;
$custom-light: #b0a964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.757,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60832,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8720

secondary

#4D51BA

accent

#48E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8720

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

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