#8B901B#8B901B

#8B901B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.131 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B901B
RGB	rgb(139, 144, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 81.3%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -15.73, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 58.05, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0495 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.131 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8193, 25.5151, 4.8649)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B901B #201B90

analogous

#905A1B #8B901B #50901B

triadic

#8B901B #1B8B90 #901B8B

tetradic

#8B901B #1B905A #201B90 #901B50

square

#8B901B #1B905A #201B90 #901B50

split-complementary

#8B901B #1B5090 #5A1B90

monochromatic

#282908 #595C11 #8B901B #BDC425 #D6DD49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8B901B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8B901B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B901B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B901B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B901B	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	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)

#9C8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95877B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b901b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 144, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.131 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b063',
    500: '#8b901b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b901b;
$custom-light: #b0b063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b901b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.564,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62887,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B901B

secondary

#4D48BF

accent

#3DEB44

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B901B

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

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