#8B9331#8B9331

#8B9331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.121 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9331
RGB	rgb(139, 147, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 66.7%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -16.18, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 51.48, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0487 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.121 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6361, 26.5786, 6.8956)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9331 #393193

analogous

#936A31 #8B9331 #5A9331

triadic

#8B9331 #318B93 #93318B

tetradic

#8B9331 #31936A #393193 #93315A

square

#8B9331 #31936A #393193 #93315A

split-complementary

#8B9331 #315A93 #6A3193

monochromatic

#343712 #606522 #8B9331 #B5C041 #C7CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#8B9331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#8B9331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9331

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9331	1.00	3.33	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 147, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.121 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b26f',
    500: '#8b9331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9331;
$custom-light: #b0b26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63738,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9331

secondary

#6F69B7

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9331

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

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