#8B8B22#8B8B22

#8B8B22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.122 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B22
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -12.79, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 53.87, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0407 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.122 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1696, 24.0703, 5.0966)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B22 #22228B

analogous

#8B5722 #8B8B22 #578B22

triadic

#8B8B22 #228B8B #8B228B

tetradic

#8B8B22 #228B57 #22228B #8B2257

square

#8B8B22 #228B57 #22228B #8B2257

split-complementary

#8B8B22 #22578B #57228B

monochromatic

#29290A #5A5A16 #8B8B22 #BCBC2E #D5D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8B8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8B8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B22

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B22	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)

#97850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.122 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac66',
    500: '#8b8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b22;
$custom-light: #b0ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61766,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B22

secondary

#5050B8

accent

#44E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B22

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

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