#8B8818#8B8818

#8B8818 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.124 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8818
RGB	rgb(139, 136, 24)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -11.59, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 55.92, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.0382 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.124 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6173, 23.1639, 4.3017)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8818 #181B8B

analogous

#8B4F18 #8B8818 #558B18

triadic

#8B8818 #188B88 #88188B

tetradic

#8B8818 #188B4F #181B8B #8B1855

square

#8B8818 #188B4F #181B8B #8B1855

split-complementary

#8B8818 #18558B #4F188B

monochromatic

#232206 #57550F #8B8818 #BFBB21 #DEDA3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8B8818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8B8818 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8818

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8818	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)

#968622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 136, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.124 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1aa61',
    500: '#8b8818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8818;
$custom-light: #b1aa61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61018,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8818

secondary

#4044BE

accent

#3FED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8818

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

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