#8B8860#8B8860

#8B8860 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.057 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8860
RGB	rgb(139, 136, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 30.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -5.52, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 22.63, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.014 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.057 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5631, 23.9422, 14.5495)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8860 #60638B

analogous

#8B7260 #8B8860 #788B60

triadic

#8B8860 #608B88 #88608B

tetradic

#8B8860 #608B72 #60638B #8B6078

square

#8B8860 #608B72 #60638B #8B6078

split-complementary

#8B8860 #60788B #72608B

monochromatic

#43412E #676547 #8B8860 #A8A581 #C1BFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8B8860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8B8860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8860

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8860	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)

#8F855D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 136, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.057 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaa8d',
    500: '#8b8860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8860;
$custom-light: #adaa8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 18.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61901,
    "c": 0.0566,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8860

secondary

#9899AF

accent

#72BB6D

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8860

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

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