#8B8D22#8B8D22

#8B8D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.124 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8D22
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -13.86, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 54.66, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0437 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.124 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4618, 24.6548, 5.1940)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8D22 #24228D

analogous

#8D5922 #8B8D22 #568D22

triadic

#8B8D22 #228B8D #8D228B

tetradic

#8B8D22 #228D59 #24228D #8D2256

square

#8B8D22 #228D59 #24228D #8D2256

split-complementary

#8B8D22 #22568D #59228D

monochromatic

#2A2A0A #5A5C16 #8B8D22 #BCBE2E #D3D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8B8D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8B8D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8D22

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8D22	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.124 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae66',
    500: '#8b8d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8d22;
$custom-light: #b0ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.121,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62229,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8D22

secondary

#5351B9

accent

#44E447

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8D22

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

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