#8B9016#8B9016

#8B9016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.133 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B9016
RGBrgb(139, 144, 22)
HSLhsl(62, 73%, 33%)
HSVhsv(62, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(3.5%, 0%, 84.7%, 43.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.55, -15.90, 57.23)
CIE-LCHlch(57.55, 59.40, 105.52°)
OKLaboklab(62.87% -0.0503 0.1233)
OKLCHoklch(62.87% 0.133 112.2)
XYZxyz(20.7663, 25.4939, 4.5858)
Luminance0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B9016 #1B1690
analogous
#905816 #8B9016 #4E9016
triadic
#8B9016 #168B90 #90168B
tetradic
#8B9016 #169058 #1B1690 #90164E
square
#8B9016 #169058 #1B1690 #90164E
split-complementary
#8B9016 #164E90 #581690
monochromatic
#252606 #585B0E #8B9016 #BEC51E #DBE23F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44
#8B9016 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10
#8B9016 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9016
6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B9016#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B90161.003.446.106.10
#FFFFFF3.441.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1021.001.001.00
##0000006.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9C8900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8C23
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#95877B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b9016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 144, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.133 112.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b061',
    500: '#8b9016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b9016;
$custom-light: #b1b061;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b9016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.459,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62865,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B9016
secondary
#4540C2
accent
#38F03F
background
#FBFAF6
surface
#F6F4EB
border
#D0CEC6
text
#111006
muted
#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9016

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#8B9016 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva