#8B991D#8B991D

#8B991D 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#8B991D
RGBrgb(139, 153, 29)
HSLhsl(67, 68%, 36%)
HSVhsv(67, 81%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(9.2%, 0%, 81%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(60.21, -20.30, 57.63)
CIE-LCHlch(60.21, 61.10, 109.40°)
OKLaboklab(65.01% -0.062 0.1254)
OKLCHoklch(65.01% 0.14 116.3)
XYZxyz(22.2611, 28.3605, 5.4636)
Luminance0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B991D #2B1D99
analogous
#99691D #8B991D #4D991D
triadic
#8B991D #1D8B99 #991D8B
tetradic
#8B991D #1D9969 #2B1D99 #991D4D
square
#8B991D #1D9969 #2B1D99 #991D4D
split-complementary
#8B991D #1D4D99 #691D99
monochromatic
#2E3209 #5C6613 #8B991D #BACC27 #CEDE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15
#8B991D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67
#8B991D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B991D
6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B991D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B991D1.003.156.676.67
#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)
#A39229
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#949083
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b991d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.140 116.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b665',
    500: '#8b991d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b991d;
$custom-light: #b0b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b991d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.774,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65007,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B991D
secondary
#5D51C1
accent
#3DEB50
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F6EB
border
#D0D0C6
text
#111106
muted
#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B991D

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#8B991D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva