#8B9723#8B9723

#8B9723 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	#8B9723
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 35)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -19.03, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 58.44, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.058 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.135 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0181, 27.7439, 5.7850)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9723 #2F2397

analogous

#976923 #8B9723 #519723

triadic

#8B9723 #238B97 #97238B

tetradic

#8B9723 #239769 #2F2397 #972351

square

#8B9723 #239769 #2F2397 #972351

split-complementary

#8B9723 #235197 #692397

monochromatic

#30340C #5D6517 #8B9723 #B9C92F #CCD95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B9723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8B9723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9723

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9723	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)

#A28F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.135 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b568',
    500: '#8b9723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9723;
$custom-light: #b0b568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6457,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9723

secondary

#6358BE

accent

#42E553

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9723

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

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