#8B9855#8B9855

#8B9855 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.092 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B9855
RGBrgb(139, 152, 85)
HSLhsl(72, 28%, 46%)
HSVhsv(72, 44%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(8.6%, 0%, 44.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LABlab(60.43, -15.54, 33.61)
CIE-LCHlch(60.43, 37.03, 114.82°)
OKLaboklab(65.34% -0.0433 0.0813)
OKLCHoklch(65.34% 0.092 118)
XYZxyz(23.5155, 28.6015, 12.8744)
Luminance0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B9855 #625598
analogous
#988455 #8B9855 #6A9855
triadic
#8B9855 #558B98 #98558B
tetradic
#8B9855 #559884 #625598 #98556A
square
#8B9855 #559884 #625598 #98556A
split-complementary
#8B9855 #556A98 #845598
monochromatic
#434A29 #67713F #8B9855 #A7B377 #C1C99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12
#8B9855 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72
#8B9855 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9855
6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B9855#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B98551.003.126.726.72
#FFFFFF3.121.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7221.001.001.00
##0000006.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A09250
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9258
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#919288
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.092 118.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb686',
    500: '#8b9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b9855;
$custom-light: #aeb686;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.642,
    "s": 28.27,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65343,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.28601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B9855
secondary
#9992B6
accent
#63C576
background
#FAFBF8
surface
#F4F6EF
border
#CED0CA
text
#10110B
muted
#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9855

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#8B9855 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva