#8B8A38#8B8A38

#8B8A38 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.104 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A38
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -10.90, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 44.37, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0331 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.104 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4504, 23.9520, 7.2866)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A38 #38398B

analogous

#8B6038 #8B8A38 #628B38

triadic

#8B8A38 #388B8A #8A388B

tetradic

#8B8A38 #388B60 #38398B #8B3862

square

#8B8A38 #388B60 #38398B #8B3862

split-complementary

#8B8A38 #38628B #60388B

monochromatic

#343315 #5F5F26 #8B8A38 #B6B54A #C8C776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8B8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8B8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A38

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A38	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.104 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac72',
    500: '#8b8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a38;
$custom-light: #afac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61726,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A38

secondary

#6E6FB1

accent

#57D255

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A38

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

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