#8B8E2E#8B8E2E

#8B8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8E2E
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -13.74, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 50.52, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0422 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.117 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8142, 25.0327, 6.3196)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8E2E #312E8E

analogous

#8E612E #8B8E2E #5B8E2E

triadic

#8B8E2E #2E8B8E #8E2E8B

tetradic

#8B8E2E #2E8E61 #312E8E #8E2E5B

square

#8B8E2E #2E8E61 #312E8E #8E2E5B

split-complementary

#8B8E2E #2E5B8E #612E8E

monochromatic

#313210 #5E601F #8B8E2E #B8BC3D #CBCE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8B8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8B8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8E2E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8E2E	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae6c',
    500: '#8b8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8e2e;
$custom-light: #b0ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6255,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8E2E

secondary

#6563B5

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8E2E

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

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