#8B8A1B#8B8A1B

#8B8A1B 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	#8B8A1B
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -12.55, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 55.77, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0407 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.125 109)
XYZ	xyz(19.9345, 23.7457, 4.5700)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A1B #1B1C8B

analogous

#8B521B #8B8A1B #548B1B

triadic

#8B8A1B #1B8B8A #8A1B8B

tetradic

#8B8A1B #1B8B52 #1B1C8B #8B1B54

square

#8B8A1B #1B8B52 #1B1C8B #8B1B54

split-complementary

#8B8A1B #1B548B #521B8B

monochromatic

#252407 #585711 #8B8A1B #BEBD25 #DBDA45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8B8A1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A1B

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A1B	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)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.125 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab63',
    500: '#8b8a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a1b;
$custom-light: #b0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61494,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.23745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A1B

secondary

#4546BC

accent

#3FEA3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A1B

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

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