#8D8B2B#8D8B2B

#8D8B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.116 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B2B
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -11.42, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 50.49, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0361 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.116 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6539, 24.3030, 5.8880)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B2B #2B2D8D

analogous

#8D5A2B #8D8B2B #5E8D2B

triadic

#8D8B2B #2B8D8B #8B2B8D

tetradic

#8D8B2B #2B8D5A #2B2D8D #8D2B5E

square

#8D8B2B #2B8D5A #2B2D8D #8D2B5E

split-complementary

#8D8B2B #2B5E8D #5A2B8D

monochromatic

#2F2F0E #5E5D1D #8D8B2B #BCB939 #CFCD63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8D8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8D8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B2B

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B2B	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.116 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac6a',
    500: '#8d8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b2b;
$custom-light: #b1ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62012,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B2B

secondary

#5E60B6

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B2B

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

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