#8B9617#8B9617

#8B9617 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.139 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9617
RGB	rgb(139, 150, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 84.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -18.97, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 61.47, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0587 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.139 115)
XYZ	xyz(21.7091, 27.3639, 4.9486)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9617 #221796

analogous

#966217 #8B9617 #4C9617

triadic

#8B9617 #178B96 #96178B

tetradic

#8B9617 #179662 #221796 #96174C

square

#8B9617 #179662 #221796 #96174C

split-complementary

#8B9617 #174C96 #621796

monochromatic

#292C07 #5A610F #8B9617 #BCCB1F #D5E245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8B9617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8B9617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9617

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9617	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 150, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.139 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b463',
    500: '#8b9617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9617;
$custom-light: #b1b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.197,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64274,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.27364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9617

secondary

#5045C3

accent

#38F048

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9617

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

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