#8B9015#8B9015

#8B9015 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.134 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9015
RGB	rgb(139, 144, 21)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 85.4%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -15.93, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 59.64, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0505 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.134 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7568, 25.4902, 4.5360)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9015 #1A1590

analogous

#905815 #8B9015 #4E9015

triadic

#8B9015 #158B90 #90158B

tetradic

#8B9015 #159058 #1A1590 #90154E

square

#8B9015 #159058 #1A1590 #90154E

split-complementary

#8B9015 #154E90 #581590

monochromatic

#242505 #575B0D #8B9015 #BFC51D #DCE33D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8B9015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8B9015 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9015

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9015	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95877A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 144, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.134 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b061',
    500: '#8b9015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9015;
$custom-light: #b1b061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.439,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62861,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9015

secondary

#443EC2

accent

#37F13E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9015

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

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