#8B9520#8B9520

#8B9520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.134 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9520
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 78.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -18.13, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 58.56, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0558 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.134 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6563, 27.0886, 5.4540)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9520 #2A2095

analogous

#956420 #8B9520 #509520

triadic

#8B9520 #208B95 #95208B

tetradic

#8B9520 #209564 #2A2095 #952050

square

#8B9520 #209564 #2A2095 #952050

split-complementary

#8B9520 #205095 #642095

monochromatic

#2D300A #5C6315 #8B9520 #BAC72B #CFDA55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B9520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8B9520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9520

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9520	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)

#A08F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.134 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b466',
    500: '#8b9520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9520;
$custom-light: #b0b466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.128,
    "s": 64.641,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64083,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9520

secondary

#5C53BE

accent

#40E84E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9520

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

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