#8B9155#8B9155

#8B9155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.082 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9155
RGB	rgb(139, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 26%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 41%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 41.4%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -11.83, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 33.25, 110.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0327 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.082 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4128, 26.3959, 12.5068)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9155 #5B5591

analogous

#917955 #8B9155 #6D9155

triadic

#8B9155 #558B91 #91558B

tetradic

#8B9155 #559179 #5B5591 #91556D

square

#8B9155 #559179 #5B5591 #91556D

split-complementary

#8B9155 #556D91 #795591

monochromatic

#414428 #666A3E #8B9155 #A8AE75 #C1C59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8B9155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#8B9155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9155

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9155	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.082 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb186',
    500: '#8b9155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9155;
$custom-light: #aeb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63733,
    "c": 0.08235,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9155

secondary

#9390B2

accent

#65C26F

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F5EF

border

#CECFCA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9155

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

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