#8B911C#8B911C

#8B911C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.132 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B911C
RGB	rgb(139, 145, 28)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 80.7%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -16.21, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 58.15, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0508 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.132 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9832, 25.8241, 4.9776)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B911C #221C91

analogous

#915D1C #8B911C #51911C

triadic

#8B911C #1C8B91 #911C8B

tetradic

#8B911C #1C915D #221C91 #911C51

square

#8B911C #1C915D #221C91 #911C51

split-complementary

#8B911C #1C5191 #5D1C91

monochromatic

#292A08 #5A5E12 #8B911C #BCC426 #D5DC4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8B911C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#8B911C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B911C

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B911C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B911C	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95887C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b911c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 145, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.132 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b164',
    500: '#8b911c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b911c;
$custom-light: #b0b164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b911c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63126,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B911C

secondary

#504ABE

accent

#3DEB46

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B911C

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

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