#8B9929#8B9929

#8B9929 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.133 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9929
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 73.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -19.75, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 57.25, 110.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0595 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.133 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4395, 28.4318, 6.4032)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9929 #372999

analogous

#996F29 #8B9929 #539929

triadic

#8B9929 #298B99 #99298B

tetradic

#8B9929 #29996F #372999 #992953

square

#8B9929 #29996F #372999 #992953

split-complementary

#8B9929 #295399 #6F2999

monochromatic

#33380F #5F691C #8B9929 #B7C936 #C8D666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8B9929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#8B9929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9929

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9929	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.133 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b76b',
    500: '#8b9929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9929;
$custom-light: #b0b76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65079,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9929

secondary

#6D62BC

accent

#47E15A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9929

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

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