#8B9B1D#8B9B1D

#8B9B1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.142 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9B1D
RGB	rgb(139, 155, 29)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 81.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -21.31, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 61.94, 110.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0648 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.142 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5912, 29.0207, 5.5736)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9B1D #2D1D9B

analogous

#9B6C1D #8B9B1D #4C9B1D

triadic

#8B9B1D #1D8B9B #9B1D8B

tetradic

#8B9B1D #1D9B6C #2D1D9B #9B1D4C

square

#8B9B1D #1D9B6C #2D1D9B #9B1D4C

split-complementary

#8B9B1D #1D4C9B #6C1D9B

monochromatic

#2F340A #5D6713 #8B9B1D #B9CF27 #CDDF53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8B9B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8B9B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9B1D

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9B1D	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)

#A5932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 155, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.142 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b866',
    500: '#8b9b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9b1d;
$custom-light: #b0b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.619,
    "s": 68.478,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65479,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9B1D

secondary

#6052C2

accent

#3CEB53

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9B1D

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

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