#8B9817#8B9817

#8B9817 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.141 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9817
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(66, 85%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 84.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -20.00, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 62.27, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0616 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.141 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0310, 28.0077, 5.0559)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9817 #241798

analogous

#986517 #8B9817 #4A9817

triadic

#8B9817 #178B98 #98178B

tetradic

#8B9817 #179865 #241798 #98174A

square

#8B9817 #179865 #241798 #98174A

split-complementary

#8B9817 #174A98 #651798

monochromatic

#2A2E07 #5A630F #8B9817 #BCCD1F #D3E346

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B9817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8B9817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9817

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9817	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.141 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b663',
    500: '#8b9817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9817;
$custom-light: #b1b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.047,
    "s": 73.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64745,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9817

secondary

#5347C4

accent

#37F04A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9817

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

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