#8B8E1E#8B8E1E

#8B8E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.127 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8E1E
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, -14.56, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 56.37, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.046 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.127 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5555, 24.9293, 4.9571)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8E1E #211E8E

analogous

#8E591E #8B8E1E #538E1E

triadic

#8B8E1E #1E8B8E #8E1E8B

tetradic

#8B8E1E #1E8E59 #211E8E #8E1E53

square

#8B8E1E #1E8E59 #211E8E #8E1E53

split-complementary

#8B8E1E #1E538E #591E8E

monochromatic

#282909 #5A5B13 #8B8E1E #BCC129 #D6D94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8B8E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8B8E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8E1E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8E1E	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.127 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae64',
    500: '#8b8e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8e1e;
$custom-light: #b0ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.607,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62438,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8E1E

secondary

#4F4CBC

accent

#40E844

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8E1E

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

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