#8B9527#8B9527

#8B9527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.130 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9527
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 73.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -17.80, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 56.22, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0542 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.13 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7617, 27.1307, 6.0094)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9527 #312795

analogous

#956827 #8B9527 #549527

triadic

#8B9527 #278B95 #95278B

tetradic

#8B9527 #279568 #312795 #952754

square

#8B9527 #279568 #312795 #952754

split-complementary

#8B9527 #275495 #682795

monochromatic

#31340E #5E641A #8B9527 #B8C634 #CBD661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8B9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9527

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9527	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.130 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b469',
    500: '#8b9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9527;
$custom-light: #b0b469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64127,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9527

secondary

#655DBB

accent

#46E254

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9527

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

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