#8B9922#8B9922

#8B9922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.137 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9922
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -20.09, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 59.61, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.061 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.137 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3280, 28.3872, 5.8161)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9922 #302299

analogous

#996C22 #8B9922 #509922

triadic

#8B9922 #228B99 #99228B

tetradic

#8B9922 #22996C #302299 #992250

square

#8B9922 #22996C #302299 #992250

split-complementary

#8B9922 #225099 #6C2299

monochromatic

#30350C #5E6717 #8B9922 #B8CB2D #CCDB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8B9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8B9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9922

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9922	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	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)

#A49102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.137 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b668',
    500: '#8b9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9922;
$custom-light: #b0b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65034,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9922

secondary

#6458BF

accent

#41E755

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9922

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

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