#8B991B#8B991B

#8B991B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; 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	#8B991B
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 27)
HSL	hsl(67, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -20.37, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 61.65, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0623 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.141 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2371, 28.3509, 5.3375)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B991B #291B99

analogous

#99681B #8B991B #4C991B

triadic

#8B991B #1B8B99 #991B8B

tetradic

#8B991B #1B9968 #291B99 #991B4C

square

#8B991B #1B9968 #291B99 #991B4C

split-complementary

#8B991B #1B4C99 #681B99

monochromatic

#2C3109 #5C6512 #8B991B #BACD24 #D0E04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B991B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8B991B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B991B

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B991B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B991B	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)

#A39228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b991b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.141 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b665',
    500: '#8b991b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b991b;
$custom-light: #b1b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b991b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64998,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B991B

secondary

#5B4EC2

accent

#3BED4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B991B

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

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