#8B981D#8B981D

#8B981D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.139 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B981D
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 29)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 80.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -19.79, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 60.69, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0606 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.139 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0981, 28.0345, 5.4093)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B981D #2A1D98

analogous

#98671D #8B981D #4E981D

triadic

#8B981D #1D8B98 #981D8B

tetradic

#8B981D #1D9867 #2A1D98 #981D4E

square

#8B981D #1D9867 #2A1D98 #981D4E

split-complementary

#8B981D #1D4E98 #671D98

monochromatic

#2D3109 #5C6513 #8B981D #BACB27 #CFDE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B981D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8B981D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B981D

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B981D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B981D	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b981d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.139 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b665',
    500: '#8b981d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b981d;
$custom-light: #b0b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b981d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.341,
    "s": 67.956,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64772,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B981D

secondary

#5C50C1

accent

#3DEB4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B981D

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

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