#8B8A41#8B8A41

#8B8A41 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.096 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A41
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 53.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -10.15, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 40.03, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0299 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.096 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6906, 24.0481, 8.5518)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A41 #41428B

analogous

#8B6541 #8B8A41 #678B41

triadic

#8B8A41 #418B8A #8A418B

tetradic

#8B8A41 #418B65 #41428B #8B4167

square

#8B8A41 #418B65 #41428B #8B4167

split-complementary

#8B8A41 #41678B #65418B

monochromatic

#38371A #61612D #8B8A41 #B1B058 #C5C482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8B8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8B8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A41

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A41	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.096 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac78',
    500: '#8b8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a41;
$custom-light: #afac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61834,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A41

secondary

#7979AF

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A41

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

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