#8B951A#8B951A

#8B951A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.137 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B951A
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 26)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 82.6%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -18.36, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 60.30, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0569 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.137 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5820, 27.0589, 5.0631)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B951A #241A95

analogous

#95621A #8B951A #4E951A

triadic

#8B951A #1A8B95 #951A8B

tetradic

#8B951A #1A9562 #241A95 #951A4E

square

#8B951A #1A9562 #241A95 #951A4E

split-complementary

#8B951A #1A4E95 #621A95

monochromatic

#2A2D08 #5A6111 #8B951A #BCC923 #D3DF4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8B951A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8B951A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B951A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B951A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B951A	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)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b951a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.137 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b464',
    500: '#8b951a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b951a;
$custom-light: #b0b464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b951a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64052,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B951A

secondary

#534AC1

accent

#3BED49

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B951A

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

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