#8B8A1F#8B8A1F

#8B8A1F is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.123 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A1F
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -12.39, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 54.51, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0399 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.123 109)
XYZ	xyz(19.9840, 23.7655, 4.8306)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A1F #1F208B

analogous

#8B541F #8B8A1F #568B1F

triadic

#8B8A1F #1F8B8A #8A1F8B

tetradic

#8B8A1F #1F8B54 #1F208B #8B1F56

square

#8B8A1F #1F8B54 #1F208B #8B1F56

split-complementary

#8B8A1F #1F568B #541F8B

monochromatic

#272709 #595814 #8B8A1F #BDBC2A #D7D64D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8B8A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A1F

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A1F	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)

#968404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.123 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab64',
    500: '#8b8a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a1f;
$custom-light: #b0ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61517,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.23765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A1F

secondary

#4C4DBA

accent

#43E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A1F

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

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