#8B8A1A#8B8A1A

#8B8A1A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.125 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A1A
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -12.59, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 56.07, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0409 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.125 109)
XYZ	xyz(19.9232, 23.7411, 4.5101)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A1A #1A1B8B

analogous

#8B521A #8B8A1A #548B1A

triadic

#8B8A1A #1A8B8A #8A1A8B

tetradic

#8B8A1A #1A8B52 #1A1B8B #8B1A54

square

#8B8A1A #1A8B52 #1A1B8B #8B1A54

split-complementary

#8B8A1A #1A548B #521A8B

monochromatic

#242407 #575710 #8B8A1A #BFBD24 #DCDB43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8B8A1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A1A

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A1A	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)

#978724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.125 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab62',
    500: '#8b8a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a1a;
$custom-light: #b0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61489,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.23741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A1A

secondary

#4445BD

accent

#3EEB3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A1A

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

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