#8B8A27#8B8A27

#8B8A27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.118 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A27
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -12.01, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 51.65, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0381 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.118 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1029, 23.8130, 5.4565)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A27 #27288B

analogous

#8B5827 #8B8A27 #5A8B27

triadic

#8B8A27 #278B8A #8A278B

tetradic

#8B8A27 #278B58 #27288B #8B275A

square

#8B8A27 #278B58 #27288B #8B275A

split-complementary

#8B8A27 #275A8B #58278B

monochromatic

#2B2B0C #5B5B1A #8B8A27 #BBB934 #D1D05B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8B8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8B8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A27

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A27	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#958416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.118 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab68',
    500: '#8b8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a27;
$custom-light: #b0ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6157,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A27

secondary

#5859B6

accent

#4ADF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A27

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

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