#8B8A2D#8B8A2D

#8B8A2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.114 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A2D
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -11.67, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 49.24, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0365 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.114 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2103, 23.8560, 6.0222)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A2D #2D2E8B

analogous

#8B5B2D #8B8A2D #5D8B2D

triadic

#8B8A2D #2D8B8A #8A2D8B

tetradic

#8B8A2D #2D8B5B #2D2E8B #8B2D5D

square

#8B8A2D #2D8B5B #2D2E8B #8B2D5D

split-complementary

#8B8A2D #2D5D8B #5B2D8B

monochromatic

#2F2E0F #5D5C1E #8B8A2D #B9B83C #CDCC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8B8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8B8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A2D

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A2D	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)

#958420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.114 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6b',
    500: '#8b8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a2d;
$custom-light: #b0ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.362,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61618,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A2D

secondary

#6061B4

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A2D

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

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