#8B8924#8B8924

#8B8924 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.119 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8924
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -11.63, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 52.38, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0373 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.119 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9123, 23.5083, 5.1574)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8924 #24268B

analogous

#8B5624 #8B8924 #5A8B24

triadic

#8B8924 #248B89 #89248B

tetradic

#8B8924 #248B56 #24268B #8B245A

square

#8B8924 #248B56 #24268B #8B245A

split-complementary

#8B8924 #245A8B #56248B

monochromatic

#2A290B #5A5917 #8B8924 #BCB931 #D3D156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8B8924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8B8924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8924

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8924	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)

#958311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.119 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab67',
    500: '#8b8924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8924;
$custom-light: #b0ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61318,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8924

secondary

#5355B7

accent

#49E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8924

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

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