#8B9B1A#8B9B1A

#8B9B1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.143 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9B1A
RGB	rgb(139, 155, 26)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 83.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -21.42, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 62.74, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0653 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.143 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5559, 29.0065, 5.3877)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9B1A #2A1A9B

analogous

#9B6A1A #8B9B1A #4A9B1A

triadic

#8B9B1A #1A8B9B #9B1A8B

tetradic

#8B9B1A #1A9B6A #2A1A9B #9B1A4A

square

#8B9B1A #1A9B6A #2A1A9B #9B1A4A

split-complementary

#8B9B1A #1A4A9B #6A1A9B

monochromatic

#2D3208 #5C6711 #8B9B1A #BACF23 #CFE14E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8B9B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8B9B1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9B1A

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9B1A	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 155, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.143 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b865',
    500: '#8b9b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9b1a;
$custom-light: #b1b865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.442,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65465,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9B1A

secondary

#5C4DC4

accent

#3AEE50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9B1A

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

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