#8B8A2E#8B8A2E

#8B8A2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.113 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A2E
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -11.60, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 48.82, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0362 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.113 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2298, 23.8638, 6.1248)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A2E #2E2F8B

analogous

#8B5C2E #8B8A2E #5E8B2E

triadic

#8B8A2E #2E8B8A #8A2E8B

tetradic

#8B8A2E #2E8B5C #2E2F8B #8B2E5E

square

#8B8A2E #2E8B5C #2E2F8B #8B2E5E

split-complementary

#8B8A2E #2E5E8B #5C2E8B

monochromatic

#2F2F10 #5D5C1F #8B8A2E #B9B83D #CDCC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8B8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8B8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A2E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A2E	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)

#958421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.113 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6c',
    500: '#8b8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a2e;
$custom-light: #b0ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61627,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A2E

secondary

#6162B3

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A2E

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

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