#8B9C28#8B9C28

#8B9C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.137 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9C28
RGB	rgb(139, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -21.33, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 58.93, 111.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0639 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.137 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9195, 29.4193, 6.4782)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9C28 #39289C

analogous

#9C7328 #8B9C28 #519C28

triadic

#8B9C28 #288B9C #9C288B

tetradic

#8B9C28 #289C73 #39289C #9C2851

square

#8B9C28 #289C73 #39289C #9C2851

split-complementary

#8B9C28 #28519C #73289C

monochromatic

#343B0F #606B1C #8B9C28 #B5CB36 #C7D867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8B9C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8B9C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9C28

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9C28	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)

#A79310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.137 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b96b',
    500: '#8b9c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9c28;
$custom-light: #b0b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.793,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65779,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9C28

secondary

#6F62BE

accent

#45E25C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9C28

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

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