#8B9724#8B9724

#8B9724 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.134 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9724
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 36)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 76.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -18.98, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 58.11, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0578 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.134 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0331, 27.7499, 5.8643)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9724 #302497

analogous

#976A24 #8B9724 #529724

triadic

#8B9724 #248B97 #97248B

tetradic

#8B9724 #24976A #302497 #972452

square

#8B9724 #24976A #302497 #972452

split-complementary

#8B9724 #245297 #6A2497

monochromatic

#30340C #5E6618 #8B9724 #B8C830 #CCD85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B9724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8B9724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9724

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9724	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)

#A28F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.134 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b568',
    500: '#8b9724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9724;
$custom-light: #b0b568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.261,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64576,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9724

secondary

#645ABD

accent

#43E554

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9724

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →