#8B981E#8B981E

#8B981E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.138 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B981E
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 30)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 80.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -19.75, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 60.40, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0604 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.138 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1107, 28.0395, 5.4754)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B981E #2B1E98

analogous

#98681E #8B981E #4E981E

triadic

#8B981E #1E8B98 #981E8B

tetradic

#8B981E #1E9868 #2B1E98 #981E4E

square

#8B981E #1E9868 #2B1E98 #981E4E

split-complementary

#8B981E #1E4E98 #681E98

monochromatic

#2E320A #5C6514 #8B981E #BACB28 #CEDD53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B981E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8B981E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B981E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B981E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B981E	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)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b981e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.138 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b666',
    500: '#8b981e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b981e;
$custom-light: #b0b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b981e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.393,
    "s": 67.033,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64777,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B981E

secondary

#5D51C0

accent

#3EEA50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B981E

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

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