#8B8D2E#8B8D2E

#8B8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8D2E
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -13.21, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 50.09, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0407 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.116 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6661, 24.7365, 6.2702)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8D2E #302E8D

analogous

#8D602E #8B8D2E #5C8D2E

triadic

#8B8D2E #2E8B8D #8D2E8B

tetradic

#8B8D2E #2E8D60 #302E8D #8D2E5C

square

#8B8D2E #2E8D60 #302E8D #8D2E5C

split-complementary

#8B8D2E #2E5C8D #602E8D

monochromatic

#303110 #5E5F1F #8B8D2E #B8BB3D #CCCE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8B8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8B8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8D2E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8D2E	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae6c',
    500: '#8b8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8d2e;
$custom-light: #b0ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.263,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62319,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8D2E

secondary

#6462B5

accent

#4EDA50

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8D2E

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

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