#8B942E#8B942E

#8B942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.124 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B942E
RGB	rgb(139, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -16.89, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 53.14, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.051 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.124 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7311, 26.8664, 6.6252)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B942E #372E94

analogous

#946A2E #8B942E #58942E

triadic

#8B942E #2E8B94 #942E8B

tetradic

#8B942E #2E946A #372E94 #942E58

square

#8B942E #2E946A #372E94 #942E58

split-complementary

#8B942E #2E5894 #6A2E94

monochromatic

#333711 #5F651F #8B942E #B7C33D #C8D16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8B942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#8B942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B942E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B942E	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.124 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b36d',
    500: '#8b942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b942e;
$custom-light: #b0b36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63946,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B942E

secondary

#6D66B8

accent

#4CDC59

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B942E

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

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