#8B8A4E#8B8A4E

#8B8A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.081 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A4E
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 43.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -8.85, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 33.37, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0248 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.081 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1115, 24.2165, 10.7684)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A4E #4E4F8B

analogous

#8B6B4E #8B8A4E #6E8B4E

triadic

#8B8A4E #4E8B8A #8A4E8B

tetradic

#8B8A4E #4E8B6B #4E4F8B #8B4E6E

square

#8B8A4E #4E8B6B #4E4F8B #8B4E6E

split-complementary

#8B8A4E #4E6E8B #6B4E8B

monochromatic

#3D3C22 #646338 #8B8A4E #ACAB6B #C2C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8B8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8B8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A4E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A4E	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.081 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac81',
    500: '#8b8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a4e;
$custom-light: #aeac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62022,
    "c": 0.08149,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A4E

secondary

#8787AE

accent

#65C463

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A4E

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

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