#8B8B2A#8B8B2A

#8B8B2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.117 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B2A
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -12.38, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 50.88, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0388 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.117 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2987, 24.1220, 5.7768)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B2A #2A2A8B

analogous

#8B5A2A #8B8B2A #5A8B2A

triadic

#8B8B2A #2A8B8B #8B2A8B

tetradic

#8B8B2A #2A8B5A #2A2A8B #8B2A5A

square

#8B8B2A #2A8B5A #2A2A8B #8B2A5A

split-complementary

#8B8B2A #2A5A8B #5A2A8B

monochromatic

#2D2D0E #5C5C1C #8B8B2A #BABA38 #CFCF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8B8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8B8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B2A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B2A	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.117 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac6a',
    500: '#8b8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b2a;
$custom-light: #b0ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61824,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B2A

secondary

#5C5CB5

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B2A

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

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