#8B8E16#8B8E16

#8B8E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.131 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8E16
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -14.85, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 58.65, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0474 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.131 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4660, 24.8935, 4.4857)
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

#8B8E16 #19168E

analogous

#8E5516 #8B8E16 #4F8E16

triadic

#8B8E16 #168B8E #8E168B

tetradic

#8B8E16 #168E55 #19168E #8E164F

square

#8B8E16 #168E55 #19168E #8E164F

split-complementary

#8B8E16 #164F8E #55168E

monochromatic

#232406 #57590E #8B8E16 #BFC31E #DDE13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8B8E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8B8E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8E16

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8E16	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: #8b8e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.131 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae61',
    500: '#8b8e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8e16;
$custom-light: #b1ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62399,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8E16

secondary

#423FC1

accent

#38F03D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8E16

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

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