#8B9620#8B9620

#8B9620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.135 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9620
RGB	rgb(139, 150, 32)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 78.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -18.65, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 58.97, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0572 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.135 115)
XYZ	xyz(21.8152, 27.4063, 5.5070)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9620 #2B2096

analogous

#966620 #8B9620 #509620

triadic

#8B9620 #208B96 #96208B

tetradic

#8B9620 #209666 #2B2096 #962050

square

#8B9620 #209666 #2B2096 #962050

split-complementary

#8B9620 #205096 #662096

monochromatic

#2E310A #5C6415 #8B9620 #BAC82B #CEDB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8B9620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8B9620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9620

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9620	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 150, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.135 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b466',
    500: '#8b9620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9620;
$custom-light: #b0b466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.593,
    "s": 64.835,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64318,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.27406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9620

secondary

#5D53BE

accent

#40E850

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9620

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

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