#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
RGBrgb(139, 153, 26)
HSLhsl(67, 71%, 35%)
HSVhsv(67, 83%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(9.2%, 0%, 83%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(60.20, -20.41, 58.46)
CIE-LCHlch(60.20, 61.92, 109.24°)
OKLaboklab(64.99% -0.0625 0.1267)
OKLCHoklch(64.99% 0.141 116.3)
XYZxyz(22.2258, 28.3463, 5.2776)
Luminance0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8B991A1.003.156.676.67
#FFFFFF3.151.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6721.001.001.00
##0000006.6721.001.001.00

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

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#8B991A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva