#8B981B#8B981B

#8B981B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.140 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B981B
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 27)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 82.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -19.86, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 61.24, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0609 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.14 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0742, 28.0249, 5.2832)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B981B #281B98

analogous

#98661B #8B981B #4C981B

triadic

#8B981B #1B8B98 #981B8B

tetradic

#8B981B #1B9866 #281B98 #981B4C

square

#8B981B #1B9866 #281B98 #981B4C

split-complementary

#8B981B #1B4C98 #661B98

monochromatic

#2C3009 #5B6412 #8B981B #BBCC24 #D0E04E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B981B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8B981B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B981B

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B981B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B981B	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b981b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.140 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b665',
    500: '#8b981b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b981b;
$custom-light: #b0b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b981b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.24,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64762,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B981B

secondary

#594DC2

accent

#3BED4E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B981B

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

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