#8B8732#8B8732

#8B8732 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.106 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8732
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -9.72, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 45.83, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.0304 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.106 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8878, 23.0478, 6.4181)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8732 #32368B

analogous

#8B5A32 #8B8732 #638B32

triadic

#8B8732 #328B87 #87328B

tetradic

#8B8732 #328B5A #32368B #8B3263

square

#8B8732 #328B5A #32368B #8B3263

split-complementary

#8B8732 #32638B #5A328B

monochromatic

#313012 #5E5B22 #8B8732 #B8B342 #CAC66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8B8732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8B8732 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8732

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8732	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#928228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.106 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96e',
    500: '#8b8732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8732;
$custom-light: #afa96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.303,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60977,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8732

secondary

#676AB2

accent

#57D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8732

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

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