#8B8D23#8B8D23

#8B8D23 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	#8B8D23
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -13.81, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 54.31, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0435 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.124 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4764, 24.6606, 5.2711)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8D23 #25238D

analogous

#8D5A23 #8B8D23 #568D23

triadic

#8B8D23 #238B8D #8D238B

tetradic

#8B8D23 #238D5A #25238D #8D2356

square

#8B8D23 #238D5A #25238D #8D2356

split-complementary

#8B8D23 #23568D #5A238D

monochromatic

#2A2B0B #5B5C17 #8B8D23 #BBBE2F #D3D555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8B8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8B8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8D23

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8D23	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)

#98870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.124 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae67',
    500: '#8b8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8d23;
$custom-light: #b0ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62236,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8D23

secondary

#5553B9

accent

#44E347

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8D23

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

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