#8B9453#8B9453

#8B9453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.089 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9453
RGB	rgb(139, 148, 83)
HSL	hsl(68, 28%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 44%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 43.9%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -13.67, 33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 35.89, 112.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0381 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.089 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7989, 27.2936, 12.2491)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9453 #5C5394

analogous

#947D53 #8B9453 #6A9453

triadic

#8B9453 #538B94 #94538B

tetradic

#8B9453 #53947D #5C5394 #94536A

square

#8B9453 #53947D #5C5394 #94536A

split-complementary

#8B9453 #536A94 #7D5394

monochromatic

#414627 #666D3D #8B9453 #A8B173 #C1C79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8B9453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8B9453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9453

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9453	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 148, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.089 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb384',
    500: '#8b9453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9453;
$custom-light: #aeb384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.308,
    "s": 28.139,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64389,
    "c": 0.08881,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9453

secondary

#948FB4

accent

#63C471

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6EF

border

#CED0CA

text

#10110B

muted

#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9453

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

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