#8B9619#8B9619

#8B9619 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.138 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9619
RGB	rgb(139, 150, 25)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 83.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -18.91, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 60.97, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0584 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.138 115)
XYZ	xyz(21.7299, 27.3722, 5.0582)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9619 #241996

analogous

#966319 #8B9619 #4D9619

triadic

#8B9619 #198B96 #96198B

tetradic

#8B9619 #199663 #241996 #96194D

square

#8B9619 #199663 #241996 #96194D

split-complementary

#8B9619 #194D96 #631996

monochromatic

#2A2D08 #5A6210 #8B9619 #BCCA22 #D3E149

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8B9619 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8B9619 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9619

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9619	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9619	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)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9619;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 150, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.138 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b463',
    500: '#8b9619',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9619;
$custom-light: #b1b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9619",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64283,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.27372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9619

secondary

#5349C2

accent

#3AEE4A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9619

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

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