#8A881B#8A881B

#8A881B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.123 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A881B
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -11.94, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 55.03, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0389 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4840, 23.0914, 4.4674)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A881B #1B1D8A

analogous

#8A511B #8A881B #558A1B

triadic

#8A881B #1B8A88 #881B8A

tetradic

#8A881B #1B8A51 #1B1D8A #8A1B55

square

#8A881B #1B8A51 #1B1D8A #8A1B55

split-complementary

#8A881B #1B558A #511B8A

monochromatic

#242307 #575611 #8A881B #BDBA25 #DBD845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A881B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A881B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A881B

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A881B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A881B	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a881b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aa62',
    500: '#8a881b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a881b;
$custom-light: #b0aa62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a881b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60941,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A881B

secondary

#4547BC

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A881B

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

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