#8B8916#8B8916

#8B8916 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.126 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8916
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -12.19, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 56.83, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0401 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.126 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7387, 23.4389, 4.2433)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8916 #16188B

analogous

#8B4F16 #8B8916 #538B16

triadic

#8B8916 #168B89 #89168B

tetradic

#8B8916 #168B4F #16188B #8B1653

square

#8B8916 #168B4F #16188B #8B1653

split-complementary

#8B8916 #16538B #4F168B

monochromatic

#212105 #56550E #8B8916 #C0BD1E #E0DD3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B8916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8B8916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8916

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8916	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.126 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab60',
    500: '#8b8916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8916;
$custom-light: #b1ab60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61239,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8916

secondary

#3E40BF

accent

#3CEF38

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8916

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

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