#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
RGBrgb(139, 155, 30)
HSLhsl(68, 68%, 36%)
HSVhsv(68, 81%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(10.3%, 0%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(60.80, -21.28, 57.87)
CIE-LCHlch(60.80, 61.66, 110.19°)
OKLaboklab(65.48% -0.0646 0.1261)
OKLCHoklch(65.48% 0.142 117.1)
XYZxyz(22.6037, 29.0257, 5.6398)
Luminance0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##8B9B1E1.003.096.816.81
#FFFFFF3.091.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8121.001.001.00
##0000006.8121.001.001.00

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

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#8B9B1E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva