#8B8730#8B8730

#8B8730 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.108 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8730
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -9.86, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 46.72, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.031 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.108 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8456, 23.0310, 6.1958)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8730 #30348B

analogous

#8B5A30 #8B8730 #628B30

triadic

#8B8730 #308B87 #87308B

tetradic

#8B8730 #308B5A #30348B #8B3062

square

#8B8730 #308B5A #30348B #8B3062

split-complementary

#8B8730 #30628B #5A308B

monochromatic

#302F11 #5E5B20 #8B8730 #B8B340 #CCC76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8B8730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8B8730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8730

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8730	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.108 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96d',
    500: '#8b8730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8730;
$custom-light: #afa96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.363,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60957,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8730

secondary

#6467B3

accent

#56D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8730

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

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