#8B9420#8B9420

#8B9420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.133 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9420
RGB	rgb(139, 148, 32)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 78.4%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -17.61, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 58.15, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0543 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.133 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4987, 26.7735, 5.4015)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9420 #292094

analogous

#946320 #8B9420 #519420

triadic

#8B9420 #208B94 #94208B

tetradic

#8B9420 #209463 #292094 #942051

square

#8B9420 #209463 #292094 #942051

split-complementary

#8B9420 #205194 #632094

monochromatic

#2C2F0A #5C6215 #8B9420 #BAC62B #D0DA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8B9420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#8B9420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9420

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9420	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 148, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.133 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b366',
    500: '#8b9420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9420;
$custom-light: #b0b366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.655,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63849,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9420

secondary

#5B52BE

accent

#40E74D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9420

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

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