#8B9B1F#8B9B1F

#8B9B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.141 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9B1F
RGB	rgb(139, 155, 31)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 80%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -21.24, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 61.37, 110.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0644 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.141 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6167, 29.0309, 5.7081)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9B1F #2F1F9B

analogous

#9B6D1F #8B9B1F #4D9B1F

triadic

#8B9B1F #1F8B9B #9B1F8B

tetradic

#8B9B1F #1F9B6D #2F1F9B #9B1F4D

square

#8B9B1F #1F9B6D #2F1F9B #9B1F4D

split-complementary

#8B9B1F #1F4D9B #6D1F9B

monochromatic

#30350B #5D6815 #8B9B1F #B9CE29 #CCDD57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8B9B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#8B9B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9B1F

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9B1F	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)

#A5932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 155, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.141 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b867',
    500: '#8b9b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9b1f;
$custom-light: #b0b867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65489,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9B1F

secondary

#6355C1

accent

#3EEA54

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9B1F

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

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