#8B8A18#8B8A18

#8B8A18 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.126 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A18
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 24)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -12.66, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 56.64, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0412 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.126 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9016, 23.7325, 4.3965)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A18 #18198B

analogous

#8B5118 #8B8A18 #538B18

triadic

#8B8A18 #188B8A #8A188B

tetradic

#8B8A18 #188B51 #18198B #8B1853

square

#8B8A18 #188B51 #18198B #8B1853

split-complementary

#8B8A18 #18538B #51188B

monochromatic

#232206 #57560F #8B8A18 #BFBE21 #DEDD3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8B8A18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A18

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A18	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.126 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab61',
    500: '#8b8a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a18;
$custom-light: #b1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6148,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A18

secondary

#4042BE

accent

#3CED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A18

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

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