#8B8D29#8B8D29

#8B8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.120 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8D29
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 70.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -13.50, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 52.09, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.042 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.12 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5733, 24.6994, 5.7811)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8D29 #2B298D

analogous

#8D5D29 #8B8D29 #598D29

triadic

#8B8D29 #298B8D #8D298B

tetradic

#8B8D29 #298D5D #2B298D #8D2959

square

#8B8D29 #298D5D #2B298D #8D2959

split-complementary

#8B8D29 #29598D #5D298D

monochromatic

#2E2E0D #5C5E1B #8B8D29 #BABC37 #CED160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8B8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8B8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8D29

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8D29	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.120 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae6a',
    500: '#8b8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8d29;
$custom-light: #b0ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62278,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8D29

secondary

#5D5BB6

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8D29

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

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