#8B8A20#8B8A20

#8B8A20 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.122 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A20
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -12.35, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 54.17, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0397 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.122 109)
XYZ	xyz(19.9974, 23.7708, 4.9011)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A20 #20218B

analogous

#8B5420 #8B8A20 #568B20

triadic

#8B8A20 #208B8A #8A208B

tetradic

#8B8A20 #208B54 #20218B #8B2056

square

#8B8A20 #208B54 #20218B #8B2056

split-complementary

#8B8A20 #20568B #54208B

monochromatic

#282709 #595915 #8B8A20 #BDBB2B #D6D54F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8B8A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A20

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A20	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)

#968406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.122 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab65',
    500: '#8b8a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a20;
$custom-light: #b0ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61523,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.2377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A20

secondary

#4D4EBA

accent

#44E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A20

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

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