#8B8A31#8B8A31

#8B8A31 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.110 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A31
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, -11.41, 46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 47.53, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.0353 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.11 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2910, 23.8883, 6.4472)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A31 #31328B

analogous

#8B5D31 #8B8A31 #5F8B31

triadic

#8B8A31 #318B8A #8A318B

tetradic

#8B8A31 #318B5D #31328B #8B315F

square

#8B8A31 #318B5D #31328B #8B315F

split-complementary

#8B8A31 #315F8B #5D318B

monochromatic

#313011 #5E5D21 #8B8A31 #B8B741 #CBCA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8B8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8B8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A31

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A31	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.110 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6e',
    500: '#8b8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a31;
$custom-light: #afab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.333,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61655,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A31

secondary

#6566B2

accent

#52D750

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A31

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

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