#8B962A#8B962A

#8B962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.129 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B962A
RGB	rgb(139, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 72%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -18.16, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 55.57, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0549 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.129 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9723, 27.4692, 6.3346)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B962A #352A96

analogous

#966B2A #8B962A #55962A

triadic

#8B962A #2A8B96 #962A8B

tetradic

#8B962A #2A966B #352A96 #962A55

square

#8B962A #2A966B #352A96 #962A55

split-complementary

#8B962A #2A5596 #6B2A96

monochromatic

#32360F #5F661D #8B962A #B7C637 #C9D466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8B962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8B962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B962A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B962A	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#A18E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.129 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b46b',
    500: '#8b962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b962a;
$custom-light: #b0b46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.111,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64382,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B962A

secondary

#6A61BA

accent

#48E058

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B962A

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

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