#8B801B#8B801B

#8B801B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.115 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B801B
RGB	rgb(139, 128, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, -7.12, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 52.27, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0255 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.115 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5653, 21.0073, 4.1136)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B801B #1B268B

analogous

#8B481B #8B801B #5E8B1B

triadic

#8B801B #1B8B80 #801B8B

tetradic

#8B801B #1B8B48 #1B268B #8B1B5E

square

#8B801B #1B8B48 #1B268B #8B1B5E

split-complementary

#8B801B #1B5E8B #481B8B

monochromatic

#252207 #585111 #8B801B #BEAF25 #DBCC45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8B801B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#8B801B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B801B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B801B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B801B	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96766D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b801b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 128, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.115 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a461',
    500: '#8b801b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b801b;
$custom-light: #b1a461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b801b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59203,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B801B

secondary

#4551BC

accent

#4EEA3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B801B

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

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