#8B992A#8B992A

#8B992A 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	#8B992A
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -19.70, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 56.89, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0592 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.133 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4572, 28.4389, 6.4963)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B992A #382A99

analogous

#996F2A #8B992A #53992A

triadic

#8B992A #2A8B99 #992A8B

tetradic

#8B992A #2A996F #382A99 #992A53

square

#8B992A #2A996F #382A99 #992A53

split-complementary

#8B992A #2A5399 #6F2A99

monochromatic

#343910 #5F691D #8B992A #B6C838 #C8D668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8B992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#8B992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B992A

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B992A	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)

#A49116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.133 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b76b',
    500: '#8b992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b992a;
$custom-light: #b0b76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.568,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65086,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B992A

secondary

#6E63BC

accent

#48E05B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B992A

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

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