#8B8724#8B8724

#8B8724 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	#8B8724
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -10.55, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 51.61, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0343 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.117 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6306, 22.9450, 5.0635)
Luminance	0.2294 (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

#8B8724 #24288B

analogous

#8B5424 #8B8724 #5C8B24

triadic

#8B8724 #248B87 #87248B

tetradic

#8B8724 #248B54 #24288B #8B245C

square

#8B8724 #248B54 #24288B #8B245C

split-complementary

#8B8724 #245C8B #54248B

monochromatic

#2A290B #5A5817 #8B8724 #BCB631 #D3CE56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8B8724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8B8724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8724

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8724	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)

#938212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95852B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.117 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a966',
    500: '#8b8724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8724;
$custom-light: #b0a966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.67,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60858,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8724

secondary

#5357B7

accent

#4CE246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8724

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

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