#8B9121#8B9121

#8B9121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.129 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9121
RGB	rgb(139, 145, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 77.2%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -16.01, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 56.60, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0498 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.129 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0481, 25.8501, 5.3193)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9121 #272191

analogous

#915F21 #8B9121 #539121

triadic

#8B9121 #218B91 #91218B

tetradic

#8B9121 #21915F #272191 #912153

square

#8B9121 #21915F #272191 #912153

split-complementary

#8B9121 #215391 #5F2191

monochromatic

#2B2D0A #5B5F16 #8B9121 #BBC32C #D1D854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8B9121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8B9121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9121

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9121	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)

#9C8A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95887C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 145, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.129 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b166',
    500: '#8b9121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9121;
$custom-light: #b0b166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63153,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9121

secondary

#5852BC

accent

#42E64B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9121

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

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