#8B8816#8B8816

#8B8816 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.125 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8816
RGB	rgb(139, 136, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -11.65, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 56.47, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0386 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.125 108)
XYZ	xyz(19.5973, 23.1559, 4.1961)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8816 #16198B

analogous

#8B4E16 #8B8816 #548B16

triadic

#8B8816 #168B88 #88168B

tetradic

#8B8816 #168B4E #16198B #8B1654

square

#8B8816 #168B4E #16198B #8B1654

split-complementary

#8B8816 #16548B #4E168B

monochromatic

#212105 #56540E #8B8816 #C0BC1E #E0DC3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8B8816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8B8816 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8816

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8816	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 136, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.125 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1aa60',
    500: '#8b8816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8816;
$custom-light: #b1aa60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61009,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.23155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8816

secondary

#3E41BF

accent

#3DEF38

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8816

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

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