#8B9529#8B9529

#8B9529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.129 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9529
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -17.70, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 55.50, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0537 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.129 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7957, 27.1443, 6.1886)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9529 #332995

analogous

#956929 #8B9529 #559529

triadic

#8B9529 #298B95 #95298B

tetradic

#8B9529 #299569 #332995 #952955

square

#8B9529 #299569 #332995 #952955

split-complementary

#8B9529 #295595 #692995

monochromatic

#31350F #5E651C #8B9529 #B8C536 #CAD464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B9529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8B9529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9529

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9529	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)

#A08D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.129 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b46a',
    500: '#8b9529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9529;
$custom-light: #b0b46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.556,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64141,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9529

secondary

#6860BA

accent

#48E056

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9529

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

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