#8B8B2E#8B8B2E

#8B8B2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.114 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8B2E
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -12.14, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 49.24, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0377 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.114 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3739, 24.1520, 6.1728)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8B2E #2E2E8B

analogous

#8B5D2E #8B8B2E #5D8B2E

triadic

#8B8B2E #2E8B8B #8B2E8B

tetradic

#8B8B2E #2E8B5D #2E2E8B #8B2E5D

square

#8B8B2E #2E8B5D #2E2E8B #8B2E5D

split-complementary

#8B8B2E #2E5D8B #5D2E8B

monochromatic

#2F2F10 #5D5D1F #8B8B2E #B9B93D #CDCD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8B8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8B8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8B2E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8B2E	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)

#968521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.114 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac6c',
    500: '#8b8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8b2e;
$custom-light: #b0ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61857,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8B2E

secondary

#6161B3

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8B2E

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

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