#8B8929#8B8929

#8B8929 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.115 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8929
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -11.36, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 50.46, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.036 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.115 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9941, 23.5410, 5.5880)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8929 #292B8B

analogous

#8B5829 #8B8929 #5C8B29

triadic

#8B8929 #298B89 #89298B

tetradic

#8B8929 #298B58 #292B8B #8B295C

square

#8B8929 #298B58 #292B8B #8B295C

split-complementary

#8B8929 #295C8B #58298B

monochromatic

#2C2C0D #5C5A1B #8B8929 #BAB837 #D0CD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8B8929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8B8929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8929

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8929	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.115 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab69',
    500: '#8b8929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8929;
$custom-light: #b0ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61355,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8929

secondary

#5B5CB5

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8929

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

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