#8B8B2D#8B8B2D

#8B8B2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B2D
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -12.20, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 49.66, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.038 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.115 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3544, 24.1442, 6.0702)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B2D #2D2D8B

analogous

#8B5C2D #8B8B2D #5C8B2D

triadic

#8B8B2D #2D8B8B #8B2D8B

tetradic

#8B8B2D #2D8B5C #2D2D8B #8B2D5C

square

#8B8B2D #2D8B5C #2D2D8B #8B2D5C

split-complementary

#8B8B2D #2D5C8B #5C2D8B

monochromatic

#2F2F0F #5D5D1E #8B8B2D #B9B93C #CDCD65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8B8B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8B8B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B2D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B2D	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)

#968520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac6c',
    500: '#8b8b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b2d;
$custom-light: #b0ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61849,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B2D

secondary

#6060B4

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B2D

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

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