#8B981F#8B981F

#8B981F 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	#8B981F
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 31)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 79.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -19.71, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 60.11, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0602 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.138 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1236, 28.0447, 5.5438)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B981F #2C1F98

analogous

#98681F #8B981F #4E981F

triadic

#8B981F #1F8B98 #981F8B

tetradic

#8B981F #1F9868 #2C1F98 #981F4E

square

#8B981F #1F9868 #2C1F98 #981F4E

split-complementary

#8B981F #1F4E98 #681F98

monochromatic

#2E320A #5D6515 #8B981F #B9CB29 #CEDC55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B981F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8B981F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B981F

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B981F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B981F	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)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b981f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.138 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b666',
    500: '#8b981f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b981f;
$custom-light: #b0b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b981f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.446,
    "s": 66.12,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64782,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B981F

secondary

#5F53C0

accent

#3FE951

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B981F

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

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