#8B941B#8B941B

#8B941B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.135 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B941B
RGB	rgb(139, 148, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 81.8%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -17.81, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 59.63, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0553 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.135 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4359, 26.7483, 5.0704)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B941B #241B94

analogous

#94611B #8B941B #4F941B

triadic

#8B941B #1B8B94 #941B8B

tetradic

#8B941B #1B9461 #241B94 #941B4F

square

#8B941B #1B9461 #241B94 #941B4F

split-complementary

#8B941B #1B4F94 #611B94

monochromatic

#2A2C08 #5A6012 #8B941B #BCC824 #D3DE4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8B941B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#8B941B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B941B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B941B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B941B	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b941b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 148, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.135 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b364',
    500: '#8b941b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b941b;
$custom-light: #b0b364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b941b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.463,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B941B

secondary

#534BC0

accent

#3CEC49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B941B

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

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