#8B8E1A#8B8E1A

#8B8E1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.129 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8E1A
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 26)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -14.71, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 57.57, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0468 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.129 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5077, 24.9101, 4.7049)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8E1A #1D1A8E

analogous

#8E571A #8B8E1A #518E1A

triadic

#8B8E1A #1A8B8E #8E1A8B

tetradic

#8B8E1A #1A8E57 #1D1A8E #8E1A51

square

#8B8E1A #1A8E57 #1D1A8E #8E1A51

split-complementary

#8B8E1A #1A518E #571A8E

monochromatic

#262707 #585A11 #8B8E1A #BEC223 #D9DD45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8B8E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8B8E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8E1A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8E1A	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.129 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae63',
    500: '#8b8e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8e1a;
$custom-light: #b0ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.552,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62417,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8E1A

secondary

#4945BE

accent

#3CEC40

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8E1A

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

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