#8B8729#8B8729

#8B8729 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.113 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8729
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 41)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -10.28, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 49.67, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.033 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.113 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7124, 22.9777, 5.4942)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8729 #292D8B

analogous

#8B5629 #8B8729 #5E8B29

triadic

#8B8729 #298B87 #87298B

tetradic

#8B8729 #298B56 #292D8B #8B295E

square

#8B8729 #298B56 #292D8B #8B295E

split-complementary

#8B8729 #295E8B #56298B

monochromatic

#2C2B0D #5C591B #8B8729 #BAB537 #D0CB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8B8729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8B8729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8729

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8729	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93821B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.113 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a969',
    500: '#8b8729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8729;
$custom-light: #b0a969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60896,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8729

secondary

#5B5EB5

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8729

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

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