#8B8D2A#8B8D2A

#8B8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8D2A
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, -13.45, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 51.70, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0418 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.119 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5909, 24.7064, 5.8742)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8D2A #2C2A8D

analogous

#8D5D2A #8B8D2A #598D2A

triadic

#8B8D2A #2A8B8D #8D2A8B

tetradic

#8B8D2A #2A8D5D #2C2A8D #8D2A59

square

#8B8D2A #2A8D5D #2C2A8D #8D2A59

split-complementary

#8B8D2A #2A598D #5D2A8D

monochromatic

#2E2F0E #5D5E1C #8B8D2A #B9BC38 #CED061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8B8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8B8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8D2A

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8D2A	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#98871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae6a',
    500: '#8b8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8d2a;
$custom-light: #b0ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.212,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62286,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8D2A

secondary

#5F5DB6

accent

#4ADD4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8D2A

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

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