#8B9541#8B9541

#8B9541 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.109 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9541
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(67, 39%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 56.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -16.01, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 45.31, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0465 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.109 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3494, 27.3658, 9.1048)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9541 #4B4195

analogous

#957541 #8B9541 #619541

triadic

#8B9541 #418B95 #95418B

tetradic

#8B9541 #419575 #4B4195 #954161

square

#8B9541 #419575 #4B4195 #954161

split-complementary

#8B9541 #416195 #754195

monochromatic

#3B401C #636A2E #8B9541 #ADB85C #C2CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8B9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8B9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9541

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9541	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.109 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb478',
    500: '#8b9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9541;
$custom-light: #afb478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.143,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64369,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9541

secondary

#847DB5

accent

#59CF67

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9541

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

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