#8B9B1E#8B9B1E

#8B9B1E 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 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9B1E
RGB	rgb(139, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -21.28, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 61.66, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0646 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.142 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6037, 29.0257, 5.6398)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9B1E #2E1E9B

analogous

#9B6D1E #8B9B1E #4D9B1E

triadic

#8B9B1E #1E8B9B #9B1E8B

tetradic

#8B9B1E #1E9B6D #2E1E9B #9B1E4D

square

#8B9B1E #1E9B6D #2E1E9B #9B1E4D

split-complementary

#8B9B1E #1E4D9B #6D1E9B

monochromatic

#2F340A #5D6814 #8B9B1E #B9CE28 #CDDE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8B9B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#8B9B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9B1E

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9B1E	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	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: #8b9b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.142 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b866',
    500: '#8b9b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9b1e;
$custom-light: #b0b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.68,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65484,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9B1E

secondary

#6153C2

accent

#3DEA54

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9B1E

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

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