#8B8A29#8B8A29

#8B8A29 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.117 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A29
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -11.90, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 50.87, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0375 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.117 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1369, 23.8266, 5.6357)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A29 #292A8B

analogous

#8B5929 #8B8A29 #5B8B29

triadic

#8B8A29 #298B8A #8A298B

tetradic

#8B8A29 #298B59 #292A8B #8B295B

square

#8B8A29 #298B59 #292A8B #8B295B

split-complementary

#8B8A29 #295B8B #59298B

monochromatic

#2C2C0D #5C5B1B #8B8A29 #BAB937 #D0CF5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8B8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8B8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A29

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A29	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.117 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab69',
    500: '#8b8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a29;
$custom-light: #b0ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61585,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A29

secondary

#5B5BB5

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A29

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

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