#8B9927#8B9927

#8B9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.135 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9927
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 74.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -19.86, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 57.96, 110.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0599 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.135 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4055, 28.4182, 6.2240)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9927 #352799

analogous

#996E27 #8B9927 #529927

triadic

#8B9927 #278B99 #99278B

tetradic

#8B9927 #27996E #352799 #992752

square

#8B9927 #27996E #352799 #992752

split-complementary

#8B9927 #275299 #6E2799

monochromatic

#32370E #5F681B #8B9927 #B7CA33 #C9D763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8B9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8B9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9927

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9927	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.135 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b66a',
    500: '#8b9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9927;
$custom-light: #b0b66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.368,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65065,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9927

secondary

#6A5FBD

accent

#45E359

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9927

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

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