#8B9933#8B9933

#8B9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.126 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9933
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 66.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -19.15, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 53.41, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0568 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.126 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6367, 28.5107, 7.4420)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9933 #413399

analogous

#997433 #8B9933 #589933

triadic

#8B9933 #338B99 #99338B

tetradic

#8B9933 #339974 #413399 #993358

square

#8B9933 #339974 #413399 #993358

split-complementary

#8B9933 #335899 #743399

monochromatic

#383D14 #616B24 #8B9933 #B1C247 #C5D175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8B9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8B9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9933

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9933	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.126 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b770',
    500: '#8b9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9933;
$custom-light: #b0b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65158,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9933

secondary

#796EB9

accent

#4EDA61

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9933

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

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