#8B9918#8B9918

#8B9918 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	#8B9918
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 24)
HSL	hsl(67, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 84.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -20.47, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 62.43, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0628 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.142 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2042, 28.3377, 5.1640)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9918 #261899

analogous

#996718 #8B9918 #4A9918

triadic

#8B9918 #188B99 #99188B

tetradic

#8B9918 #189967 #261899 #99184A

square

#8B9918 #189967 #261899 #99184A

split-complementary

#8B9918 #184A99 #671899

monochromatic

#2B2F07 #5B6410 #8B9918 #BBCE20 #D2E249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B9918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8B9918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9918

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9918	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)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.142 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b664',
    500: '#8b9918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9918;
$custom-light: #b1b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.512,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64985,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9918

secondary

#5649C4

accent

#38F04C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9918

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

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