#8B8B1B#8B8B1B

#8B8B1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.126 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B1B
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -13.09, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 56.15, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0422 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.126 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0787, 24.0340, 4.6180)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B1B #1B1B8B

analogous

#8B531B #8B8B1B #538B1B

triadic

#8B8B1B #1B8B8B #8B1B8B

tetradic

#8B8B1B #1B8B53 #1B1B8B #8B1B53

square

#8B8B1B #1B8B53 #1B1B8B #8B1B53

split-complementary

#8B8B1B #1B538B #531B8B

monochromatic

#252507 #585811 #8B8B1B #BEBE25 #DBDB45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8B8B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8B8B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B1B

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B1B	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.126 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac63',
    500: '#8b8b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b1b;
$custom-light: #b0ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61726,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B1B

secondary

#4545BC

accent

#3DEA3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B1B

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

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