#8B9C25#8B9C25

#8B9C25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.139 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9C25
RGB	rgb(139, 156, 37)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 76.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -21.48, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 59.94, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0646 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.139 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8704, 29.3997, 6.2198)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9C25 #36259C

analogous

#9C7125 #8B9C25 #509C25

triadic

#8B9C25 #258B9C #9C258B

tetradic

#8B9C25 #259C71 #36259C #9C2550

square

#8B9C25 #259C71 #36259C #9C2550

split-complementary

#8B9C25 #25509C #71259C

monochromatic

#33390E #5F6B19 #8B9C25 #B7CD31 #C9DA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8B9C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8B9C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9C25

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9C25	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)

#A79308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 156, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.139 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b969',
    500: '#8b9c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9c25;
$custom-light: #b0b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6576,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9C25

secondary

#6C5EBF

accent

#43E55A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9C25

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

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