#8B9622#8B9622

#8B9622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.134 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9622
RGB	rgb(139, 150, 34)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 77.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -18.56, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 58.34, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0568 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.134 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8432, 27.4175, 5.6545)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9622 #2D2296

analogous

#966722 #8B9622 #519622

triadic

#8B9622 #228B96 #96228B

tetradic

#8B9622 #229667 #2D2296 #962251

square

#8B9622 #229667 #2D2296 #962251

split-complementary

#8B9622 #225196 #672296

monochromatic

#2F320B #5D6417 #8B9622 #B9C82D #CDD959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8B9622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8B9622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9622

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9622	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)

#A18E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 150, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.134 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b467',
    500: '#8b9622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9622;
$custom-light: #b0b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.69,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64329,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9622

secondary

#6056BE

accent

#42E651

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9622

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

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