#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
RGBrgb(139, 153, 30)
HSLhsl(67, 67%, 36%)
HSVhsv(67, 80%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(9.2%, 0%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(60.22, -20.26, 57.34)
CIE-LCHlch(60.22, 60.82, 109.46°)
OKLaboklab(65.01% -0.0618 0.125)
OKLCHoklch(65.01% 0.139 116.3)
XYZxyz(22.2737, 28.3655, 5.5298)
Luminance0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8B991E1.003.156.676.67
#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)
#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

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#8B991E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva