#8B8A2B#8B8A2B

#8B8A2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.115 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A2B
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -11.79, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 50.06, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.037 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.115 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1727, 23.8410, 5.8242)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A2B #2B2C8B

analogous

#8B5A2B #8B8A2B #5C8B2B

triadic

#8B8A2B #2B8B8A #8A2B8B

tetradic

#8B8A2B #2B8B5A #2B2C8B #8B2B5C

square

#8B8A2B #2B8B5A #2B2C8B #8B2B5C

split-complementary

#8B8A2B #2B5C8B #5A2B8B

monochromatic

#2E2D0E #5C5C1D #8B8A2B #BAB839 #CECD62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8B8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8B8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A2B

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A2B	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)

#95841D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.115 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6a',
    500: '#8b8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a2b;
$custom-light: #b0ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61602,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A2B

secondary

#5D5EB5

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A2B

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

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