#8B993A#8B993A

#8B993A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B993A
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 62.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -18.65, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 50.45, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0547 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.121 117)
XYZ	xyz(22.8028, 28.5772, 8.3169)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B993A #483A99

analogous

#99783A #8B993A #5C993A

triadic

#8B993A #3A8B99 #993A8B

tetradic

#8B993A #3A9978 #483A99 #993A5C

square

#8B993A #3A9978 #483A99 #993A5C

split-complementary

#8B993A #3A5C99 #783A99

monochromatic

#3A4018 #636D29 #8B993A #AEBE53 #C3CE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8B993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8B993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B993A

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B993A	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb774',
    500: '#8b993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b993a;
$custom-light: #afb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.842,
    "s": 45.024,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65225,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.28577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B993A

secondary

#8077B8

accent

#53D566

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B993A

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

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