#8D8B1B#8D8B1B

#8D8B1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.125 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B1B
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -12.18, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 56.16, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0397 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.125 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4158, 24.2078, 4.6338)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B1B #1B1D8D

analogous

#8D521B #8D8B1B #568D1B

triadic

#8D8B1B #1B8D8B #8B1B8D

tetradic

#8D8B1B #1B8D52 #1B1D8D #8D1B56

square

#8D8B1B #1B8D52 #1B1D8D #8D1B56

split-complementary

#8D8B1B #1B568D #521B8D

monochromatic

#262607 #5A5811 #8D8B1B #C0BE25 #DCD947

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8D8B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8D8B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B1B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B1B	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.125 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac63',
    500: '#8d8b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b1b;
$custom-light: #b2ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61906,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B1B

secondary

#4649BD

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B1B

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

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