#8B991A#8B991A

#8B991A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.141 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B991A
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 26)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 83%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 83%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -20.41, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 61.92, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0625 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.141 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2258, 28.3463, 5.2776)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B991A #281A99

analogous

#99671A #8B991A #4C991A

triadic

#8B991A #1A8B99 #991A8B

tetradic

#8B991A #1A9967 #281A99 #991A4C

square

#8B991A #1A9967 #281A99 #991A4C

split-complementary

#8B991A #1A4C99 #671A99

monochromatic

#2C3008 #5B6511 #8B991A #BBCD23 #D0E14D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B991A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8B991A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B991A

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B991A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B991A	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b991a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.141 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b664',
    500: '#8b991a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b991a;
$custom-light: #b1b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b991a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.614,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64993,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B991A

secondary

#594CC3

accent

#3AEE4E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B991A

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

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