#8B8B2B#8B8B2B

#8B8B2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B2B
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -12.32, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 50.48, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0385 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.116 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3168, 24.1292, 5.8722)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B2B #2B2B8B

analogous

#8B5B2B #8B8B2B #5B8B2B

triadic

#8B8B2B #2B8B8B #8B2B8B

tetradic

#8B8B2B #2B8B5B #2B2B8B #8B2B5B

square

#8B8B2B #2B8B5B #2B2B8B #8B2B5B

split-complementary

#8B8B2B #2B5B8B #5B2B8B

monochromatic

#2E2E0E #5C5C1D #8B8B2B #BABA39 #CECE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8B8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8B8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B2B

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B2B	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac6a',
    500: '#8b8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b2b;
$custom-light: #b0ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61832,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B2B

secondary

#5D5DB5

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B2B

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

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