#8B9623#8B9623

#8B9623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.133 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9623
RGB	rgb(139, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 76.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -18.51, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 58.02, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0566 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.133 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8578, 27.4234, 5.7316)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9623 #2E2396

analogous

#966823 #8B9623 #529623

triadic

#8B9623 #238B96 #96238B

tetradic

#8B9623 #239668 #2E2396 #962352

square

#8B9623 #239668 #2E2396 #962352

split-complementary

#8B9623 #235296 #682396

monochromatic

#2F330C #5D6417 #8B9623 #B9C82F #CDD95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8B9623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8B9623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9623

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9623	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)

#A18E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.133 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b468',
    500: '#8b9623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9623;
$custom-light: #b0b468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.739,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64335,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9623

secondary

#6158BD

accent

#43E552

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9623

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

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