#8B9823#8B9823

#8B9823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.136 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9823
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 77%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -19.54, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 58.86, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0594 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.136 116)
XYZ	xyz(22.1797, 28.0671, 5.8389)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9823 #302398

analogous

#986B23 #8B9823 #519823

triadic

#8B9823 #238B98 #98238B

tetradic

#8B9823 #23986B #302398 #982351

square

#8B9823 #23986B #302398 #982351

split-complementary

#8B9823 #235198 #6B2398

monochromatic

#30350C #5E6618 #8B9823 #B8CA2E #CCD95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B9823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8B9823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9823

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9823	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)

#A39005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.136 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b668',
    500: '#8b9823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9823;
$custom-light: #b0b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64805,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.28067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9823

secondary

#6459BE

accent

#42E654

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9823

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

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