#8B8A3A#8B8A3A

#8B8A3A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.103 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A3A
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -10.75, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 43.43, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0324 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.103 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5002, 23.9720, 7.5493)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A3A #3A3B8B

analogous

#8B613A #8B8A3A #638B3A

triadic

#8B8A3A #3A8B8A #8A3A8B

tetradic

#8B8A3A #3A8B61 #3A3B8B #8B3A63

square

#8B8A3A #3A8B61 #3A3B8B #8B3A63

split-complementary

#8B8A3A #3A638B #613A8B

monochromatic

#353416 #605F28 #8B8A3A #B5B44D #C7C679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8B8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8B8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A3A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A3A	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#948531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.103 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac73',
    500: '#8b8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a3a;
$custom-light: #afac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 41.117,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61749,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A3A

secondary

#7171B0

accent

#58D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A3A

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

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