#8B8A22#8B8A22

#8B8A22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.121 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A22
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -12.26, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 53.48, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0393 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.121 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0254, 23.7820, 5.0486)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A22 #22238B

analogous

#8B5622 #8B8A22 #588B22

triadic

#8B8A22 #228B8A #8A228B

tetradic

#8B8A22 #228B56 #22238B #8B2258

square

#8B8A22 #228B56 #22238B #8B2258

split-complementary

#8B8A22 #22588B #56228B

monochromatic

#29280A #5A5916 #8B8A22 #BCBB2E #D5D453

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8B8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A22

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A22	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.121 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab66',
    500: '#8b8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a22;
$custom-light: #b0ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61535,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A22

secondary

#5051B8

accent

#45E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A22

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

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