#8B901C#8B901C

#8B901C 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	#8B901C
RGB	rgb(139, 144, 28)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 80.6%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -15.69, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 57.76, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0493 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.131 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8310, 25.5198, 4.9269)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B901C #211C90

analogous

#905B1C #8B901C #51901C

triadic

#8B901C #1C8B90 #901C8B

tetradic

#8B901C #1C905B #211C90 #901C51

square

#8B901C #1C905B #211C90 #901C51

split-complementary

#8B901C #1C5190 #5B1C90

monochromatic

#282A08 #5A5D12 #8B901C #BCC326 #D6DC4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8B901C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8B901C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B901C

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B901C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B901C	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)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95877B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b901c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 144, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.131 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b064',
    500: '#8b901c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b901c;
$custom-light: #b0b064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b901c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.586,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62892,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B901C

secondary

#4F4ABE

accent

#3DEA45

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B901C

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

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