#8B8D15#8B8D15

#8B8D15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.131 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8D15
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 21)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 85.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -14.35, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 58.53, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0461 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.131 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3085, 24.5935, 4.3865)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8D15 #17158D

analogous

#8D5315 #8B8D15 #4F8D15

triadic

#8B8D15 #158B8D #8D158B

tetradic

#8B8D15 #158D53 #17158D #8D154F

square

#8B8D15 #158D53 #17158D #8D154F

split-complementary

#8B8D15 #154F8D #53158D

monochromatic

#222205 #56580D #8B8D15 #C0C21D #DFE23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8B8D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8B8D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8D15

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8D15	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.131 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae61',
    500: '#8b8d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8d15;
$custom-light: #b1ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62162,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8D15

secondary

#3F3DC1

accent

#37F13A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8D15

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

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