#8B991C#8B991C

#8B991C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.140 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B991C
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 28)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 81.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -20.34, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 61.38, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0621 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.14 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2489, 28.3556, 5.3995)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B991C #2A1C99

analogous

#99681C #8B991C #4C991C

triadic

#8B991C #1C8B99 #991C8B

tetradic

#8B991C #1C9968 #2A1C99 #991C4C

square

#8B991C #1C9968 #2A1C99 #991C4C

split-complementary

#8B991C #1C4C99 #681C99

monochromatic

#2D3209 #5C6513 #8B991C #BACD25 #CFDF50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B991C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8B991C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B991C

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B991C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B991C	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)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b991c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.140 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b665',
    500: '#8b991c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b991c;
$custom-light: #b0b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b991c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.72,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65003,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B991C

secondary

#5C4FC2

accent

#3CEC50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B991C

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

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