#8B8B19#8B8B19

#8B8B19 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.127 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B19
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 25)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -13.16, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 56.73, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0425 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.127 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0563, 24.0250, 4.5003)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B19 #19198B

analogous

#8B5219 #8B8B19 #528B19

triadic

#8B8B19 #198B8B #8B198B

tetradic

#8B8B19 #198B52 #19198B #8B1952

square

#8B8B19 #198B52 #19198B #8B1952

split-complementary

#8B8B19 #19528B #52198B

monochromatic

#232306 #575710 #8B8B19 #BFBF22 #DDDD41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8B8B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8B8B19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B19

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B19	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)

#988824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.127 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac62',
    500: '#8b8b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b19;
$custom-light: #b0ac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61716,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B19

secondary

#4242BE

accent

#3BEC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B19

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

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