#8B8E18#8B8E18

#8B8E18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.130 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8E18
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 24)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -14.78, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 58.12, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0471 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.13 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4861, 24.9015, 4.5913)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8E18 #1B188E

analogous

#8E5618 #8B8E18 #508E18

triadic

#8B8E18 #188B8E #8E188B

tetradic

#8B8E18 #188E56 #1B188E #8E1850

square

#8B8E18 #188E56 #1B188E #8E1850

split-complementary

#8B8E18 #18508E #56188E

monochromatic

#252506 #585A0F #8B8E18 #BEC221 #DBDF41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8B8E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8B8E18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8E18

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8E18	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)

#9B8A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.130 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae62',
    500: '#8b8e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8e18;
$custom-light: #b1ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62407,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8E18

secondary

#4542C0

accent

#3AEE3F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8E18

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

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