#8B8820#8B8820

#8B8820 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.120 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8820
RGB	rgb(139, 136, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -11.28, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 53.42, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0367 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.12 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7131, 23.2022, 4.8063)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8820 #20238B

analogous

#8B5220 #8B8820 #588B20

triadic

#8B8820 #208B88 #88208B

tetradic

#8B8820 #208B52 #20238B #8B2058

square

#8B8820 #208B52 #20238B #8B2058

split-complementary

#8B8820 #20588B #52208B

monochromatic

#282709 #595715 #8B8820 #BDB92B #D6D34F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8B8820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8B8820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8820

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8820	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 136, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.120 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aa64',
    500: '#8b8820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8820;
$custom-light: #b0aa64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61062,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8820

secondary

#4D50BA

accent

#47E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8820

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

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