#8B962E#8B962E

#8B962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.126 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B962E
RGB	rgb(139, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 69.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -17.93, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 54.04, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0539 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.126 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0475, 27.4993, 6.7307)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B962E #392E96

analogous

#966D2E #8B962E #57962E

triadic

#8B962E #2E8B96 #962E8B

tetradic

#8B962E #2E966D #392E96 #962E57

square

#8B962E #2E966D #392E96 #962E57

split-complementary

#8B962E #2E5796 #6D2E96

monochromatic

#343811 #606720 #8B962E #B5C43E #C7D26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8B962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8B962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B962E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B962E	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.126 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b46d',
    500: '#8b962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b962e;
$custom-light: #b0b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.346,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64413,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B962E

secondary

#6F67B9

accent

#4BDC5B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B962E

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

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