#8B951D#8B951D

#8B951D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.135 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B951D
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 29)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 80.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -18.25, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 59.46, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0563 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.135 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6173, 27.0730, 5.2490)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B951D #271D95

analogous

#95631D #8B951D #4F951D

triadic

#8B951D #1D8B95 #951D8B

tetradic

#8B951D #1D9563 #271D95 #951D4F

square

#8B951D #1D9563 #271D95 #951D4F

split-complementary

#8B951D #1D4F95 #631D95

monochromatic

#2B2F09 #5B6213 #8B951D #BBC827 #D1DD50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B951D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8B951D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B951D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B951D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B951D	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)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b951d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.135 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b465',
    500: '#8b951d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b951d;
$custom-light: #b0b465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b951d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64067,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B951D

secondary

#584EC0

accent

#3DEA4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B951D

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

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