#8B8918#8B8918

#8B8918 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.125 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8918
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 24)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -12.12, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 56.28, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0397 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.125 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7588, 23.4469, 4.3489)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8918 #181A8B

analogous

#8B5018 #8B8918 #538B18

triadic

#8B8918 #188B89 #89188B

tetradic

#8B8918 #188B50 #181A8B #8B1853

square

#8B8918 #188B50 #181A8B #8B1853

split-complementary

#8B8918 #18538B #50188B

monochromatic

#232206 #57560F #8B8918 #BFBC21 #DEDB3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B8918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8B8918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8918

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8918	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)

#978723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.125 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab61',
    500: '#8b8918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8918;
$custom-light: #b1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61249,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8918

secondary

#4043BE

accent

#3EED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8918

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

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