#8B881B#8B881B

#8B881B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.123 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B881B
RGB	rgb(139, 136, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -11.48, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 55.04, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0377 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.123 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6502, 23.1771, 4.4752)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B881B #1B1E8B

analogous

#8B501B #8B881B #568B1B

triadic

#8B881B #1B8B88 #881B8B

tetradic

#8B881B #1B8B50 #1B1E8B #8B1B56

square

#8B881B #1B8B50 #1B1E8B #8B1B56

split-complementary

#8B881B #1B568B #501B8B

monochromatic

#252407 #585611 #8B881B #BEBA25 #DBD745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8B881B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8B881B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B881B

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B881B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B881B	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b881b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 136, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.123 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aa62',
    500: '#8b881b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b881b;
$custom-light: #b0aa62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b881b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61033,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B881B

secondary

#4549BC

accent

#42EA3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B881B

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

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