#8B9825#8B9825

#8B9825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.135 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9825
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 37)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 75.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -19.45, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 58.20, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.059 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.135 116)
XYZ	xyz(22.2102, 28.0793, 5.9997)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9825 #322598

analogous

#986C25 #8B9825 #519825

triadic

#8B9825 #258B98 #98258B

tetradic

#8B9825 #25986C #322598 #982551

square

#8B9825 #25986C #322598 #982551

split-complementary

#8B9825 #255198 #6C2598

monochromatic

#31360D #5E6719 #8B9825 #B8C931 #CAD85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8B9825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#8B9825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9825

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9825	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3900B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.135 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b669',
    500: '#8b9825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9825;
$custom-light: #b0b669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.783,
    "s": 60.847,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64817,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.28079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9825

secondary

#675CBD

accent

#44E456

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9825

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

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