#8B8A24#8B8A24

#8B8A24 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.120 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A24
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -12.16, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 52.77, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0388 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.12 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0551, 23.7939, 5.2050)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A24 #24258B

analogous

#8B5624 #8B8A24 #598B24

triadic

#8B8A24 #248B8A #8A248B

tetradic

#8B8A24 #248B56 #24258B #8B2459

square

#8B8A24 #248B56 #24258B #8B2459

split-complementary

#8B8A24 #24598B #56248B

monochromatic

#2A290B #5A5A17 #8B8A24 #BCBA31 #D3D256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8B8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8B8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A24

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A24	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)

#968410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.120 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab67',
    500: '#8b8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a24;
$custom-light: #b0ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A24

secondary

#5354B7

accent

#47E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A24

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

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