#8B9532#8B9532

#8B9532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.122 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9532
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 50)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 66.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -17.16, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 51.97, 109.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0513 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.122 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9712, 27.2145, 7.1125)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9532 #3C3295

analogous

#956E32 #8B9532 #5A9532

triadic

#8B9532 #328B95 #95328B

tetradic

#8B9532 #32956E #3C3295 #95325A

square

#8B9532 #32956E #3C3295 #95325A

split-complementary

#8B9532 #325A95 #6E3295

monochromatic

#363913 #606723 #8B9532 #B4C044 #C6D072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8B9532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8B9532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9532

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9532	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)

#A08E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.122 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46f',
    500: '#8b9532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9532;
$custom-light: #afb46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.061,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64213,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9532

secondary

#736BB8

accent

#4FD95D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9532

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

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