#8B993E#8B993E

#8B993E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.117 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B993E
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 59.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -18.34, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 48.67, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0534 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.117 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9086, 28.6195, 8.8738)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B993E #4C3E99

analogous

#997A3E #8B993E #5D993E

triadic

#8B993E #3E8B99 #993E8B

tetradic

#8B993E #3E997A #4C3E99 #993E5D

square

#8B993E #3E997A #4C3E99 #993E5D

split-complementary

#8B993E #3E5D99 #7A3E99

monochromatic

#3C421B #636D2C #8B993E #ACBC59 #C2CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8B993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8B993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B993E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B993E	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#A39134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.117 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb777',
    500: '#8b993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b993e;
$custom-light: #afb777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65267,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B993E

secondary

#857BB8

accent

#56D269

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B993E

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

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