#8B8921#8B8921

#8B8921 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	#8B8921
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -11.77, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 53.45, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% -0.038 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.121 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8684, 23.4907, 4.9261)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8921 #21238B

analogous

#8B5421 #8B8921 #588B21

triadic

#8B8921 #218B89 #89218B

tetradic

#8B8921 #218B54 #21238B #8B2158

square

#8B8921 #218B54 #21238B #8B2158

split-complementary

#8B8921 #21588B #54218B

monochromatic

#28280A #5A5815 #8B8921 #BCBA2D #D6D351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B8921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8B8921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8921

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8921	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)

#95830A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.121 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab65',
    500: '#8b8921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8921;
$custom-light: #b0ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61298,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8921

secondary

#4F51B9

accent

#46E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8921

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

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