#8B9518#8B9518

#8B9518 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.138 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9518
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 24)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 83.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -18.43, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 60.83, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0572 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.138 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5605, 27.0502, 4.9494)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9518 #221895

analogous

#956118 #8B9518 #4D9518

triadic

#8B9518 #188B95 #95188B

tetradic

#8B9518 #189561 #221895 #95184D

square

#8B9518 #189561 #221895 #95184D

split-complementary

#8B9518 #184D95 #611895

monochromatic

#292C07 #5A6010 #8B9518 #BCCA20 #D5E146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8B9518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8B9518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9518

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9518	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.138 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b463',
    500: '#8b9518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9518;
$custom-light: #b1b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64043,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9518

secondary

#5046C2

accent

#39EF47

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9518

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

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