#8B8A21#8B8A21

#8B8A21 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.122 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A21
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -12.30, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 53.83, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0395 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.122 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0112, 23.7764, 4.9737)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A21 #21228B

analogous

#8B5521 #8B8A21 #578B21

triadic

#8B8A21 #218B8A #8A218B

tetradic

#8B8A21 #218B55 #21228B #8B2157

square

#8B8A21 #218B55 #21228B #8B2157

split-complementary

#8B8A21 #21578B #55218B

monochromatic

#28280A #5A5915 #8B8A21 #BCBB2D #D6D451

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8B8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A21

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A21	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.122 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab65',
    500: '#8b8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a21;
$custom-light: #b0ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61529,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A21

secondary

#4F50B9

accent

#45E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A21

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

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