#8B8D1B#8B8D1B

#8B8D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.128 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8D1B
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -14.15, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 56.90, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0451 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.128 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3709, 24.6184, 4.7155)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8D1B #1D1B8D

analogous

#8D561B #8B8D1B #528D1B

triadic

#8B8D1B #1B8B8D #8D1B8B

tetradic

#8B8D1B #1B8D56 #1D1B8D #8D1B52

square

#8B8D1B #1B8D56 #1D1B8D #8D1B52

split-complementary

#8B8D1B #1B528D #561B8D

monochromatic

#262607 #585A11 #8B8D1B #BEC025 #D9DC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8B8D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8B8D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8D1B

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8D1B	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.128 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae63',
    500: '#8b8d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8d1b;
$custom-light: #b0ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62189,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8D1B

secondary

#4946BD

accent

#3DEB40

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8D1B

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

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