#8B8E15#8B8E15

#8B8E15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.132 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8E15
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 21)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -14.88, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 58.90, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0476 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.132 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4566, 24.8897, 4.4359)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8E15 #18158E

analogous

#8E5515 #8B8E15 #4E8E15

triadic

#8B8E15 #158B8E #8E158B

tetradic

#8B8E15 #158E55 #18158E #8E154E

square

#8B8E15 #158E55 #18158E #8E154E

split-complementary

#8B8E15 #154E8E #55158E

monochromatic

#232305 #57590D #8B8E15 #BFC31D #DEE23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8B8E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8B8E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8E15

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8E15	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.132 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae61',
    500: '#8b8e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8e15;
$custom-light: #b1ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.488,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62394,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8E15

secondary

#403DC2

accent

#37F13C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8E15

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

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