#8B8722#8B8722

#8B8722 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.118 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8722
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -10.65, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 52.34, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0347 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.118 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6009, 22.9331, 4.9071)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8722 #22268B

analogous

#8B5322 #8B8722 #5B8B22

triadic

#8B8722 #228B87 #87228B

tetradic

#8B8722 #228B53 #22268B #8B225B

square

#8B8722 #228B53 #22268B #8B225B

split-complementary

#8B8722 #225B8B #53228B

monochromatic

#29270A #5A5716 #8B8722 #BCB72E #D5D053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8B8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8B8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8722

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8722	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.118 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a965',
    500: '#8b8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8722;
$custom-light: #b0a965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60845,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8722

secondary

#5054B8

accent

#4AE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8722

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

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