#8B9917#8B9917

#8B9917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.142 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9917
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 85%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 85%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -20.51, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 62.67, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.063 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.142 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1940, 28.3336, 5.1102)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9917 #251799

analogous

#996617 #8B9917 #4A9917

triadic

#8B9917 #178B99 #99178B

tetradic

#8B9917 #179966 #251799 #99174A

square

#8B9917 #179966 #251799 #99174A

split-complementary

#8B9917 #174A99 #661799

monochromatic

#2A2F07 #5B640F #8B9917 #BBCE1F #D3E347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B9917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8B9917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9917

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9917	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.142 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b663',
    500: '#8b9917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9917;
$custom-light: #b1b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64981,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9917

secondary

#5547C5

accent

#37F14B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9917

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

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