#8B8723#8B8723

#8B8723 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.117 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8723
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -10.60, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 51.98, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0345 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.117 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6156, 22.9389, 4.9842)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8723 #23278B

analogous

#8B5323 #8B8723 #5B8B23

triadic

#8B8723 #238B87 #87238B

tetradic

#8B8723 #238B53 #23278B #8B235B

square

#8B8723 #238B53 #23278B #8B235B

split-complementary

#8B8723 #235B8B #53238B

monochromatic

#29280A #5A5817 #8B8723 #BCB62F #D4CF54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8B8723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8B8723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8723

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8723	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)

#938210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.117 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a966',
    500: '#8b8723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8723;
$custom-light: #b0a966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60851,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8723

secondary

#5256B8

accent

#4BE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8723

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

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