#8B9C1D#8B9C1D

#8B9C1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.143 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9C1D
RGB	rgb(139, 156, 29)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 81.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -21.82, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 62.35, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0661 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.143 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7583, 29.3549, 5.6293)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9C1D #2E1D9C

analogous

#9C6E1D #8B9C1D #4C9C1D

triadic

#8B9C1D #1D8B9C #9C1D8B

tetradic

#8B9C1D #1D9C6E #2E1D9C #9C1D4C

square

#8B9C1D #1D9C6E #2E1D9C #9C1D4C

split-complementary

#8B9C1D #1D4C9C #6E1D9C

monochromatic

#2F350A #5D6813 #8B9C1D #B9D027 #CDDF54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8B9C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8B9C1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9C1D

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9C1D	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 156, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.143 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b966',
    500: '#8b9c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9c1d;
$custom-light: #b0b966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.031,
    "s": 68.649,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65715,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9C1D

secondary

#6152C2

accent

#3CEB54

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9C1D

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

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