#8B951E#8B951E

#8B951E 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 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B951E
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 30)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 79.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -18.21, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 59.17, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0561 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.135 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6299, 27.0780, 5.3152)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B951E #281E95

analogous

#95631E #8B951E #50951E

triadic

#8B951E #1E8B95 #951E8B

tetradic

#8B951E #1E9563 #281E95 #951E50

square

#8B951E #1E9563 #281E95 #951E50

split-complementary

#8B951E #1E5095 #631E95

monochromatic

#2C2F09 #5B6214 #8B951E #BBC828 #D0DC51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B951E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8B951E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B951E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B951E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B951E	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	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: #8b951e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.135 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b465',
    500: '#8b951e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b951e;
$custom-light: #b0b465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b951e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.042,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64072,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B951E

secondary

#5950BF

accent

#3EE94D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B951E

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

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