#8B8920#8B8920

#8B8920 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.121 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8920
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -11.81, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 53.79, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0382 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.121 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8546, 23.4852, 4.8535)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8920 #20228B

analogous

#8B5320 #8B8920 #578B20

triadic

#8B8920 #208B89 #89208B

tetradic

#8B8920 #208B53 #20228B #8B2057

square

#8B8920 #208B53 #20228B #8B2057

split-complementary

#8B8920 #20578B #53208B

monochromatic

#282709 #595815 #8B8920 #BDBA2B #D6D44F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B8920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8B8920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8920

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8920	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.121 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab65',
    500: '#8b8920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8920;
$custom-light: #b0ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61292,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8920

secondary

#4D4FBA

accent

#45E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8920

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

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