#8B9524#8B9524

#8B9524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.132 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9524
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 75.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -17.95, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 57.26, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0549 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.132 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7140, 27.1116, 5.7579)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9524 #2E2495

analogous

#956724 #8B9524 #539524

triadic

#8B9524 #248B95 #95248B

tetradic

#8B9524 #249567 #2E2495 #952453

square

#8B9524 #249567 #2E2495 #952453

split-complementary

#8B9524 #245395 #672495

monochromatic

#2F320C #5D6418 #8B9524 #B9C630 #CDD85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B9524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8B9524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9524

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9524	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)

#A08D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.132 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b468',
    500: '#8b9524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9524;
$custom-light: #b0b468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.31,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64107,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9524

secondary

#6159BC

accent

#44E452

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9524

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

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