#8B8A1C#8B8A1C

#8B8A1C is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.124 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A1C
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -12.51, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 55.47, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0405 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.124 109)
XYZ	xyz(19.9463, 23.7504, 4.6320)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A1C #1C1D8B

analogous

#8B521C #8B8A1C #558B1C

triadic

#8B8A1C #1C8B8A #8A1C8B

tetradic

#8B8A1C #1C8B52 #1C1D8B #8B1C55

square

#8B8A1C #1C8B52 #1C1D8B #8B1C55

split-complementary

#8B8A1C #1C558B #521C8B

monochromatic

#252507 #585712 #8B8A1C #BEBD26 #DAD947

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8B8A1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A1C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A1C	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)

#978726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.124 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab63',
    500: '#8b8a1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a1c;
$custom-light: #b0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.615,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.2375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A1C

secondary

#4748BC

accent

#40E93E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A1C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →