#8B9822#8B9822

#8B9822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.136 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9822
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 77.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -19.58, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 59.19, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0596 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.136 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1650, 28.0613, 5.7618)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9822 #2F2298

analogous

#986A22 #8B9822 #509822

triadic

#8B9822 #228B98 #98228B

tetradic

#8B9822 #22986A #2F2298 #982250

square

#8B9822 #22986A #2F2298 #982250

split-complementary

#8B9822 #225098 #6A2298

monochromatic

#30340C #5D6617 #8B9822 #B9CA2D #CCDA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8B9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9822

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9822	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)

#A39002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.136 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b667',
    500: '#8b9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9822;
$custom-light: #b0b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.61,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64799,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9822

secondary

#6357BE

accent

#41E654

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9822

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

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