#8A8B1B#8A8B1B

#8A8B1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.126 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B1B
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -13.54, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 56.15, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.0434 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.126 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9124, 23.9482, 4.6103)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B1B #1C1B8B

analogous

#8B541B #8A8B1B #528B1B

triadic

#8A8B1B #1B8A8B #8B1B8A

tetradic

#8A8B1B #1B8B54 #1C1B8B #8B1B52

square

#8A8B1B #1B8B54 #1C1B8B #8B1B52

split-complementary

#8A8B1B #1B528B #541B8B

monochromatic

#242507 #575811 #8A8B1B #BDBE25 #DADB45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A8B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8A8B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B1B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B1B	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.126 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac63',
    500: '#8a8b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b1b;
$custom-light: #b0ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.536,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61636,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B1B

secondary

#4645BC

accent

#3DEA3F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B1B

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

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