#8B9546#8B9546

#8B9546 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.104 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9546
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 70)
HSL	hsl(68, 36%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 53%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 53%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -15.55, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 42.92, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0447 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.104 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5008, 27.4263, 9.9016)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9546 #504695

analogous

#957746 #8B9546 #639546

triadic

#8B9546 #468B95 #95468B

tetradic

#8B9546 #469577 #504695 #954663

square

#8B9546 #469577 #504695 #954663

split-complementary

#8B9546 #466395 #774695

monochromatic

#3D421F #646B32 #8B9546 #ABB663 #C1C98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8B9546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8B9546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9546

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9546	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.104 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb47c',
    500: '#8b9546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9546;
$custom-light: #afb47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.595,
    "s": 36.073,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64432,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9546

secondary

#8982B5

accent

#5CCC6A

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9546

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

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