#8B993B#8B993B

#8B993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.120 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B993B
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 61.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -18.58, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 50.01, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0543 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.12 117)
XYZ	xyz(22.8285, 28.5875, 8.4521)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B993B #493B99

analogous

#99783B #8B993B #5C993B

triadic

#8B993B #3B8B99 #993B8B

tetradic

#8B993B #3B9978 #493B99 #993B5C

square

#8B993B #3B9978 #493B99 #993B5C

split-complementary

#8B993B #3B5C99 #783B99

monochromatic

#3B4119 #636D2A #8B993B #ADBD54 #C3CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8B993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8B993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B993B

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B993B	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)

#A39130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.120 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb775',
    500: '#8b993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b993b;
$custom-light: #afb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65235,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.28587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B993B

secondary

#8178B8

accent

#54D467

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B993B

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

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