#8B8B1E#8B8B1E

#8B8B1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.124 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B1E
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -12.97, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 55.22, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0416 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.124 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1152, 24.0486, 4.8103)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B1E #1E1E8B

analogous

#8B541E #8B8B1E #548B1E

triadic

#8B8B1E #1E8B8B #8B1E8B

tetradic

#8B8B1E #1E8B54 #1E1E8B #8B1E54

square

#8B8B1E #1E8B54 #1E1E8B #8B1E54

split-complementary

#8B8B1E #1E548B #541E8B

monochromatic

#262608 #595913 #8B8B1E #BDBD29 #D8D84B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8B8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8B8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B1E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B1E	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)

#978501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.124 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac64',
    500: '#8b8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b1e;
$custom-light: #b0ac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61742,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B1E

secondary

#4A4ABB

accent

#40E740

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B1E

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

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