#8B9819#8B9819

#8B9819 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.141 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9819
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 25)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 83.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -19.93, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 61.77, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0612 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.141 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0518, 28.0160, 5.1655)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9819 #261998

analogous

#986619 #8B9819 #4B9819

triadic

#8B9819 #198B98 #98198B

tetradic

#8B9819 #199866 #261998 #98194B

square

#8B9819 #199866 #261998 #98194B

split-complementary

#8B9819 #194B98 #661998

monochromatic

#2B2F08 #5B6310 #8B9819 #BBCD22 #D2E14A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B9819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8B9819 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9819

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9819	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)

#A29127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.141 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b664',
    500: '#8b9819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9819;
$custom-light: #b1b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.142,
    "s": 71.751,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64753,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9819

secondary

#564AC3

accent

#39EE4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9819

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

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