#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
RGBrgb(139, 149, 25)
HSLhsl(65, 71%, 34%)
HSVhsv(65, 83%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(6.7%, 0%, 83.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LABlab(59.02, -18.40, 57.71)
CIE-LCHlch(59.02, 60.57, 107.68°)
OKLaboklab(64.05% -0.057 0.1249)
OKLCHoklch(64.05% 0.137 114.5)
XYZxyz(21.5711, 27.0545, 5.0052)
Luminance0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8B95191.003.286.416.41
#FFFFFF3.281.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4121.001.001.00
##0000006.4121.001.001.00

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

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#8B9519 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva