#8B9538#8B9538

#8B9538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9538
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -16.74, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 49.41, 109.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0495 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.117 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1092, 27.2697, 7.8395)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9538 #423895

analogous

#957138 #8B9538 #5C9538

triadic

#8B9538 #388B95 #95388B

tetradic

#8B9538 #389571 #423895 #95385C

square

#8B9538 #389571 #423895 #95385C

split-complementary

#8B9538 #385C95 #713895

monochromatic

#383C17 #626927 #8B9538 #B1BC4E #C4CD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8B9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8B9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9538

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9538	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb473',
    500: '#8b9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9538;
$custom-light: #afb473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.452,
    "s": 45.366,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6427,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9538

secondary

#7A73B6

accent

#53D561

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9538

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

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