#8B9919#8B9919

#8B9919 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	#8B9919
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 25)
HSL	hsl(67, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 83.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -20.44, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 62.18, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0626 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.142 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2148, 28.3420, 5.2198)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9919 #271999

analogous

#996719 #8B9919 #4B9919

triadic

#8B9919 #198B99 #99198B

tetradic

#8B9919 #199967 #271999 #99194B

square

#8B9919 #199967 #271999 #99194B

split-complementary

#8B9919 #194B99 #671999

monochromatic

#2B3008 #5B6410 #8B9919 #BBCE22 #D1E24B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B9919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8B9919 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9919

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9919	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)

#A39227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.142 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b664',
    500: '#8b9919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9919;
$custom-light: #b1b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64989,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9919

secondary

#584AC3

accent

#39EF4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9919

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

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