#8B993F#8B993F

#8B993F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B993F
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 63)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 58.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -18.25, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 48.22, 112.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.053 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.116 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9363, 28.6305, 9.0196)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B993F #4D3F99

analogous

#997A3F #8B993F #5E993F

triadic

#8B993F #3F8B99 #993F8B

tetradic

#8B993F #3F997A #4D3F99 #993F5E

square

#8B993F #3F997A #4D3F99 #993F5E

split-complementary

#8B993F #3F5E99 #7A3F99

monochromatic

#3C421B #646E2D #8B993F #ACBB5A #C2CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8B993F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8B993F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B993F

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B993F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B993F	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b993f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb777',
    500: '#8b993f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b993f;
$custom-light: #afb777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b993f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65278,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B993F

secondary

#867CB7

accent

#56D169

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B993F

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

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