#8B9519#8B9519

#8B9519 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.137 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9519
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 25)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 83.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -18.40, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 60.57, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.057 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.137 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5711, 27.0545, 5.0052)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9519 #231995

analogous

#956119 #8B9519 #4D9519

triadic

#8B9519 #198B95 #95198B

tetradic

#8B9519 #199561 #231995 #95194D

square

#8B9519 #199561 #231995 #95194D

split-complementary

#8B9519 #194D95 #611995

monochromatic

#292C07 #5A6110 #8B9519 #BCC922 #D4E048

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8B9519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8B9519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9519

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9519	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)

#A08F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.137 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b463',
    500: '#8b9519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9519;
$custom-light: #b1b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64048,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9519

secondary

#5248C2

accent

#3AEE48

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9519

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

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