#8B9729#8B9729

#8B9729 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.131 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9729
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 41)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -18.73, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 56.37, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0566 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.131 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1149, 27.7826, 6.2950)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9729 #352997

analogous

#976C29 #8B9729 #549729

triadic

#8B9729 #298B97 #97298B

tetradic

#8B9729 #29976C #352997 #972954

square

#8B9729 #29976C #352997 #972954

split-complementary

#8B9729 #295497 #6C2997

monochromatic

#32370F #5F671C #8B9729 #B7C736 #C9D565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8B9729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8B9729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9729

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9729	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.131 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b56b',
    500: '#8b9729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9729;
$custom-light: #b0b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.545,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64609,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9729

secondary

#6A61BB

accent

#47E158

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9729

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

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