#8B8927#8B8927

#8B8927 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.117 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8927
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, -11.47, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 51.25, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0366 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.117 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9601, 23.5274, 5.4089)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8927 #27298B

analogous

#8B5727 #8B8927 #5B8B27

triadic

#8B8927 #278B89 #89278B

tetradic

#8B8927 #278B57 #27298B #8B275B

square

#8B8927 #278B57 #27298B #8B275B

split-complementary

#8B8927 #275B8B #57278B

monochromatic

#2B2B0C #5B5A1A #8B8927 #BBB834 #D1CF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8B8927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8B8927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8927

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8927	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.117 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab68',
    500: '#8b8927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8927;
$custom-light: #b0ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6134,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8927

secondary

#585AB6

accent

#4BDF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8927

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

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