#8B951B#8B951B

#8B951B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.136 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B951B
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 81.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -18.33, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 60.03, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0567 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.136 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5934, 27.0634, 5.1230)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B951B #251B95

analogous

#95621B #8B951B #4E951B

triadic

#8B951B #1B8B95 #951B8B

tetradic

#8B951B #1B9562 #251B95 #951B4E

square

#8B951B #1B9562 #251B95 #951B4E

split-complementary

#8B951B #1B4E95 #621B95

monochromatic

#2A2D08 #5B6112 #8B951B #BBC924 #D3DF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B951B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8B951B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B951B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B951B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B951B	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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: #8b951b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.136 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b464',
    500: '#8b951b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b951b;
$custom-light: #b0b464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b951b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64057,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B951B

secondary

#554BC1

accent

#3CEC4A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B951B

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

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