#8B8A1D#8B8A1D

#8B8A1D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; 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	#8B8A1D
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -12.47, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 55.16, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0403 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.124 109)
XYZ	xyz(19.9585, 23.7553, 4.6960)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A1D #1D1E8B

analogous

#8B531D #8B8A1D #558B1D

triadic

#8B8A1D #1D8B8A #8A1D8B

tetradic

#8B8A1D #1D8B53 #1D1E8B #8B1D55

square

#8B8A1D #1D8B53 #1D1E8B #8B1D55

split-complementary

#8B8A1D #1D558B #531D8B

monochromatic

#262508 #585812 #8B8A1D #BEBC28 #D9D849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8B8A1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A1D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A1D	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: #8b8a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.124 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab63',
    500: '#8b8a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a1d;
$custom-light: #b0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61505,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.23755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A1D

secondary

#494ABB

accent

#41E83F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A1D

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

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