#8B911D#8B911D

#8B911D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.131 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B911D
RGB	rgb(139, 145, 29)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 80%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -16.18, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 57.86, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0506 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.131 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9953, 25.8290, 5.0417)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B911D #231D91

analogous

#915D1D #8B911D #51911D

triadic

#8B911D #1D8B91 #911D8B

tetradic

#8B911D #1D915D #231D91 #911D51

square

#8B911D #1D915D #231D91 #911D51

split-complementary

#8B911D #1D5191 #5D1D91

monochromatic

#292B09 #5A5E13 #8B911D #BCC427 #D4DB4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8B911D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8B911D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B911D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B911D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B911D	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95887C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b911d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 145, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.131 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b164',
    500: '#8b911d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b911d;
$custom-light: #b0b164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b911d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63131,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B911D

secondary

#524CBE

accent

#3EEA47

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B911D

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

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