#8B9722#8B9722

#8B9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.135 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9722
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -19.07, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 58.76, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0582 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.135 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0034, 27.7380, 5.7079)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9722 #2E2297

analogous

#976922 #8B9722 #519722

triadic

#8B9722 #228B97 #97228B

tetradic

#8B9722 #229769 #2E2297 #972251

square

#8B9722 #229769 #2E2297 #972251

split-complementary

#8B9722 #225197 #692297

monochromatic

#2F330C #5D6517 #8B9722 #B9C92D #CDDA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8B9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9722

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9722	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.135 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b567',
    500: '#8b9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9722;
$custom-light: #b0b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64564,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9722

secondary

#6157BE

accent

#42E652

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9722

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

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