#8B9531#8B9531

#8B9531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.123 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9531
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 67.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -17.22, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 52.39, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0516 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.123 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9498, 27.2060, 7.0001)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9531 #3B3195

analogous

#956D31 #8B9531 #599531

triadic

#8B9531 #318B95 #95318B

tetradic

#8B9531 #31956D #3B3195 #953159

square

#8B9531 #31956D #3B3195 #953159

split-complementary

#8B9531 #315995 #6D3195

monochromatic

#353913 #606722 #8B9531 #B4C142 #C7D070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8B9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8B9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9531

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9531	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.123 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b46f',
    500: '#8b9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9531;
$custom-light: #b0b46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64204,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9531

secondary

#726AB8

accent

#4EDA5C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9531

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

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