#8B991E#8B991E

#8B991E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.139 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B991E
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 30)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -20.26, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 60.82, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0618 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.139 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2737, 28.3655, 5.5298)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B991E #2C1E99

analogous

#99691E #8B991E #4D991E

triadic

#8B991E #1E8B99 #991E8B

tetradic

#8B991E #1E9969 #2C1E99 #991E4D

square

#8B991E #1E9969 #2C1E99 #991E4D

split-complementary

#8B991E #1E4D99 #691E99

monochromatic

#2E330A #5D6614 #8B991E #B9CC28 #CEDD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B991E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8B991E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B991E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B991E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B991E	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)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b991e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.139 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b666',
    500: '#8b991e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b991e;
$custom-light: #b0b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b991e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.829,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65013,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B991E

secondary

#5F52C1

accent

#3EEA51

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B991E

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

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