#8B9840#8B9840

#8B9840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.114 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9840
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 41%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 57.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -17.65, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 47.27, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0512 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.114 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8015, 28.3159, 9.1138)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9840 #4D4098

analogous

#987940 #8B9840 #5F9840

triadic

#8B9840 #408B98 #98408B

tetradic

#8B9840 #409879 #4D4098 #98405F

square

#8B9840 #409879 #4D4098 #98405F

split-complementary

#8B9840 #405F98 #794098

monochromatic

#3C421C #646D2E #8B9840 #ACBA5B #C2CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8B9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9840

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9840	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.114 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb678',
    500: '#8b9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9840;
$custom-light: #afb678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.864,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65056,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9840

secondary

#867DB7

accent

#57D169

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9840

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

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