#8B8E23#8B8E23

#8B8E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.125 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8E23
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -14.34, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 54.71, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.045 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.125 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6245, 24.9569, 5.3205)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8E23 #26238E

analogous

#8E5B23 #8B8E23 #568E23

triadic

#8B8E23 #238B8E #8E238B

tetradic

#8B8E23 #238E5B #26238E #8E2356

square

#8B8E23 #238E5B #26238E #8E2356

split-complementary

#8B8E23 #23568E #5B238E

monochromatic

#2B2C0B #5B5D17 #8B8E23 #BBBF2F #D2D556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8B8E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8B8E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8E23

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8E23	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.125 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae67',
    500: '#8b8e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8e23;
$custom-light: #b0ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.682,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62468,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8E23

secondary

#5653B9

accent

#44E449

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8E23

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

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