#8B9C24#8B9C24

#8B9C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.140 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9C24
RGB	rgb(139, 156, 36)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -21.52, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 60.27, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0648 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.14 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8549, 29.3935, 6.1382)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9C24 #35249C

analogous

#9C7124 #8B9C24 #4F9C24

triadic

#8B9C24 #248B9C #9C248B

tetradic

#8B9C24 #249C71 #35249C #9C244F

square

#8B9C24 #249C71 #35249C #9C244F

split-complementary

#8B9C24 #244F9C #71249C

monochromatic

#32390D #5F6A19 #8B9C24 #B7CE2F #C9DA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8B9C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8B9C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9C24

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9C24	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 156, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.140 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b969',
    500: '#8b9c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9c24;
$custom-light: #b0b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65753,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9C24

secondary

#6A5CBF

accent

#42E659

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9C24

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

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