#8B9953#8B9953

#8B9953 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.096 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B9953
RGBrgb(139, 153, 83)
HSLhsl(72, 30%, 46%)
HSVhsv(72, 46%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(9.2%, 0%, 45.8%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(60.69, -16.29, 34.98)
CIE-LCHlch(60.69, 38.59, 114.98°)
OKLaboklab(65.54% -0.0456 0.0842)
OKLCHoklch(65.54% 0.096 118.4)
XYZxyz(23.6002, 28.8961, 12.5162)
Luminance0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B9953 #615399
analogous
#998453 #8B9953 #689953
triadic
#8B9953 #538B99 #99538B
tetradic
#8B9953 #539984 #615399 #995368
square
#8B9953 #539984 #615399 #995368
split-complementary
#8B9953 #536899 #845399
monochromatic
#434A28 #67713D #8B9953 #A8B475 #C1CA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10
#8B9953 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78
#8B9953 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9953
6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B9953#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B99531.003.106.786.78
#FFFFFF3.101.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7821.001.001.00
##0000006.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1924D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09357
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#919288
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b9953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.096 118.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb785',
    500: '#8b9953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b9953;
$custom-light: #aeb785;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b9953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65543,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B9953
secondary
#9991B7
accent
#62C676
background
#FAFBF8
surface
#F4F6EF
border
#CED0CA
text
#10110B
muted
#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9953

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#8B9953 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva