#8B9920#8B9920

#8B9920 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.138 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9920
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 32)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 79.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -20.18, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 60.23, 109.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0614 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.138 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3000, 28.3760, 5.6686)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9920 #2E2099

analogous

#996B20 #8B9920 #4F9920

triadic

#8B9920 #208B99 #99208B

tetradic

#8B9920 #20996B #2E2099 #99204F

square

#8B9920 #20996B #2E2099 #99204F

split-complementary

#8B9920 #204F99 #6B2099

monochromatic

#2F340B #5D6615 #8B9920 #B9CC2B #CDDC57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B9920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8B9920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9920

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9920	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.138 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b667',
    500: '#8b9920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9920;
$custom-light: #b0b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.942,
    "s": 65.405,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65023,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9920

secondary

#6155C0

accent

#3FE853

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9920

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

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