#8B991F#8B991F

#8B991F 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	#8B991F
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 31)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 79.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -20.22, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 60.53, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0616 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.139 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2866, 28.3707, 5.5981)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B991F #2D1F99

analogous

#996A1F #8B991F #4E991F

triadic

#8B991F #1F8B99 #991F8B

tetradic

#8B991F #1F996A #2D1F99 #991F4E

square

#8B991F #1F996A #2D1F99 #991F4E

split-complementary

#8B991F #1F4E99 #6A1F99

monochromatic

#2F330A #5D6615 #8B991F #B9CC29 #CDDD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B991F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8B991F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B991F

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B991F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B991F	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)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b991f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.139 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b666',
    500: '#8b991f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b991f;
$custom-light: #b0b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b991f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.885,
    "s": 66.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65018,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B991F

secondary

#6054C0

accent

#3FE952

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B991F

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

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