#8B8922#8B8922

#8B8922 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.120 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8922
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, -11.72, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 53.10, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0378 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.12 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8826, 23.4964, 5.0010)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8922 #22248B

analogous

#8B5522 #8B8922 #598B22

triadic

#8B8922 #228B89 #89228B

tetradic

#8B8922 #228B55 #22248B #8B2259

square

#8B8922 #228B55 #22248B #8B2259

split-complementary

#8B8922 #22598B #55228B

monochromatic

#29280A #5A5916 #8B8922 #BCB92E #D5D253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8B8922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8B8922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8922

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8922	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#95830C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.120 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab66',
    500: '#8b8922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8922;
$custom-light: #b0ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8922

secondary

#5052B8

accent

#47E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8922

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

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