#8B9522#8B9522

#8B9522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.133 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9522
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 77.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -18.04, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 57.92, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0553 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.133 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6843, 27.0998, 5.6015)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9522 #2C2295

analogous

#956522 #8B9522 #519522

triadic

#8B9522 #228B95 #95228B

tetradic

#8B9522 #229565 #2C2295 #952251

square

#8B9522 #229565 #2C2295 #952251

split-complementary

#8B9522 #225195 #652295

monochromatic

#2E310B #5D6317 #8B9522 #B9C72D #CED958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B9522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8B9522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9522

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9522	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)

#A08D04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.133 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b467',
    500: '#8b9522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9522;
$custom-light: #b0b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64095,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9522

secondary

#5F56BD

accent

#42E650

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9522

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

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