#8B8A2A#8B8A2A

#8B8A2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.116 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A2A
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -11.84, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 50.47, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0373 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.116 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1546, 23.8337, 5.7287)
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

#8B8A2A #2A2B8B

analogous

#8B592A #8B8A2A #5C8B2A

triadic

#8B8A2A #2A8B8A #8A2A8B

tetradic

#8B8A2A #2A8B59 #2A2B8B #8B2A5C

square

#8B8A2A #2A8B59 #2A2B8B #8B2A5C

split-complementary

#8B8A2A #2A5C8B #592A8B

monochromatic

#2D2D0E #5C5B1C #8B8A2A #BAB938 #CFCE60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8B8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8B8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A2A

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A2A	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)

#95841B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.116 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6a',
    500: '#8b8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a2a;
$custom-light: #b0ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61593,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A2A

secondary

#5C5DB5

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A2A

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

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