#8B9820#8B9820

#8B9820 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.137 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9820
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 32)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 78.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -19.67, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 59.81, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.06 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.137 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1370, 28.0501, 5.6143)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9820 #2D2098

analogous

#986920 #8B9820 #4F9820

triadic

#8B9820 #208B98 #98208B

tetradic

#8B9820 #209869 #2D2098 #98204F

square

#8B9820 #209869 #2D2098 #98204F

split-complementary

#8B9820 #204F98 #692098

monochromatic

#2F330B #5D6515 #8B9820 #B9CB2B #CDDC57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B9820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8B9820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9820

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9820	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)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.137 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b667',
    500: '#8b9820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9820;
$custom-light: #b0b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.5,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64788,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9820

secondary

#6054BF

accent

#40E852

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9820

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

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