#8B9916#8B9916

#8B9916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.143 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B9916
RGBrgb(139, 153, 22)
HSLhsl(66, 75%, 34%)
HSVhsv(66, 86%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(9.2%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(60.19, -20.54, 59.46)
CIE-LCHlch(60.19, 62.90, 109.05°)
OKLaboklab(64.98% -0.0631 0.1281)
OKLCHoklch(64.98% 0.143 116.2)
XYZxyz(22.1842, 28.3297, 5.0584)
Luminance0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B9916 #241699
analogous
#996616 #8B9916 #4A9916
triadic
#8B9916 #168B99 #99168B
tetradic
#8B9916 #169966 #241699 #99164A
square
#8B9916 #169966 #241699 #99164A
split-complementary
#8B9916 #164A99 #661699
monochromatic
#2A2E07 #5A630E #8B9916 #BCCF1E #D3E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15
#8B9916 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67
#8B9916 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9916
6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B9916#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B99161.003.156.676.67
#FFFFFF3.151.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6721.001.001.00
##0000006.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A49000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39225
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#949082
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b9916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.143 116.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b663',
    500: '#8b9916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b9916;
$custom-light: #b1b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b9916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.412,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64977,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B9916
secondary
#5346C5
accent
#36F14A
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F6EB
border
#D0D0C6
text
#111106
muted
#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9916

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

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#8B9916 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva