#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
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 29)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 81%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -20.30, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 61.10, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.062 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.14 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2611, 28.3605, 5.4636)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##8B991D	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)

#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

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

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