#8B8932#8B8932

#8B8932 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.109 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8932
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, -10.80, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 46.67, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0334 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.109 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1695, 23.6112, 6.5119)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8932 #32348B

analogous

#8B5D32 #8B8932 #608B32

triadic

#8B8932 #328B89 #89328B

tetradic

#8B8932 #328B5D #32348B #8B3260

square

#8B8932 #328B5D #32348B #8B3260

split-complementary

#8B8932 #32608B #5D328B

monochromatic

#313012 #5E5D22 #8B8932 #B8B542 #CAC86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8B8932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8B8932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8932

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8932	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.109 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6e',
    500: '#8b8932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8932;
$custom-light: #afab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61435,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8932

secondary

#6768B2

accent

#54D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8932

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

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