#8B9923#8B9923

#8B9923 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	#8B9923
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -20.05, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 59.29, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0608 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.137 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3427, 28.3931, 5.8932)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9923 #312399

analogous

#996C23 #8B9923 #509923

triadic

#8B9923 #238B99 #99238B

tetradic

#8B9923 #23996C #312399 #992350

square

#8B9923 #23996C #312399 #992350

split-complementary

#8B9923 #235099 #6C2399

monochromatic

#31350C #5E6718 #8B9923 #B8CB2E #CBDA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8B9923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8B9923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9923

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9923	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)

#A49104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.137 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b668',
    500: '#8b9923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9923;
$custom-light: #b0b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6504,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9923

secondary

#6559BE

accent

#42E655

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9923

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

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