#8B8A16#8B8A16

#8B8A16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.127 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A16
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -12.72, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 57.19, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0415 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.127 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8816, 23.7245, 4.2909)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A16 #16178B

analogous

#8B5016 #8B8A16 #528B16

triadic

#8B8A16 #168B8A #8A168B

tetradic

#8B8A16 #168B50 #16178B #8B1652

square

#8B8A16 #168B50 #16178B #8B1652

split-complementary

#8B8A16 #16528B #50168B

monochromatic

#212105 #56560E #8B8A16 #C0BE1E #E0DF3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8B8A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8B8A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A16

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A16	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.127 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab61',
    500: '#8b8a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a16;
$custom-light: #b1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61471,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A16

secondary

#3E3FBF

accent

#3AEF38

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A16

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

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