#8B891A#8B891A

#8B891A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.124 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B891A
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -12.05, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 55.71, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0394 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.124 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7804, 23.4555, 4.4625)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B891A #1A1C8B

analogous

#8B511A #8B891A #558B1A

triadic

#8B891A #1A8B89 #891A8B

tetradic

#8B891A #1A8B51 #1A1C8B #8B1A55

square

#8B891A #1A8B51 #1A1C8B #8B1A55

split-complementary

#8B891A #1A558B #511A8B

monochromatic

#242307 #575610 #8B891A #BFBC24 #DCD943

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B891A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8B891A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B891A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B891A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B891A	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b891a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.124 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab62',
    500: '#8b891a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b891a;
$custom-light: #b0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b891a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61258,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B891A

secondary

#4446BD

accent

#40EB3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B891A

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

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