#8B8B16#8B8B16

#8B8B16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.128 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B16
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -13.26, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 57.55, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.043 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.128 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0257, 24.0128, 4.3389)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B16 #16168B

analogous

#8B5116 #8B8B16 #518B16

triadic

#8B8B16 #168B8B #8B168B

tetradic

#8B8B16 #168B51 #16168B #8B1651

square

#8B8B16 #168B51 #16168B #8B1651

split-complementary

#8B8B16 #16518B #51168B

monochromatic

#212105 #56560E #8B8B16 #C0C01E #E0E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8B8B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8B8B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B16

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B16	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.128 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac61',
    500: '#8b8b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b16;
$custom-light: #b1ac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61702,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B16

secondary

#3E3EBF

accent

#38EF38

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B16

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

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