#8B8B20#8B8B20

#8B8B20 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.123 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B20
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -12.88, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 54.56, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0412 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.123 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1415, 24.0591, 4.9491)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B20 #20208B

analogous

#8B5520 #8B8B20 #558B20

triadic

#8B8B20 #208B8B #8B208B

tetradic

#8B8B20 #208B55 #20208B #8B2055

square

#8B8B20 #208B55 #20208B #8B2055

split-complementary

#8B8B20 #20558B #55208B

monochromatic

#282809 #595915 #8B8B20 #BDBD2B #D6D64F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8B8B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8B8B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B20

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B20	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978506

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.123 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac65',
    500: '#8b8b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b20;
$custom-light: #b0ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61754,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B20

secondary

#4D4DBA

accent

#42E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B20

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

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