#8B9011#8B9011

#8B9011 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.135 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9011
RGB	rgb(139, 144, 17)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(62, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 88.2%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -16.03, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 60.55, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.051 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.135 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7227, 25.4765, 4.3560)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9011 #161190

analogous

#905611 #8B9011 #4C9011

triadic

#8B9011 #118B90 #90118B

tetradic

#8B9011 #119056 #161190 #90114C

square

#8B9011 #119056 #161190 #90114C

split-complementary

#8B9011 #114C90 #561190

monochromatic

#212304 #56590B #8B9011 #C0C717 #E0E734

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8B9011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8B9011 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9011

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9011	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 144, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.135 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b060',
    500: '#8b9011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9011;
$custom-light: #b1b060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.362,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62846,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9011

secondary

#3E39C4

accent

#32F53A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9011

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

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