#8B911F#8B911F

#8B911F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.130 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B911F
RGB	rgb(139, 145, 31)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 78.6%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -16.09, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 57.24, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0502 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.13 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0209, 25.8392, 5.1762)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B911F #251F91

analogous

#915E1F #8B911F #52911F

triadic

#8B911F #1F8B91 #911F8B

tetradic

#8B911F #1F915E #251F91 #911F52

square

#8B911F #1F915E #251F91 #911F52

split-complementary

#8B911F #1F5291 #5E1F91

monochromatic

#2A2C09 #5B5F14 #8B911F #BBC32A #D3DA51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8B911F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8B911F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B911F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B911F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B911F	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95887C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b911f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 145, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.130 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b165',
    500: '#8b911f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b911f;
$custom-light: #b0b165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b911f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 64.773,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63142,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B911F

secondary

#554FBD

accent

#40E849

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B911F

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

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