#8B9C2D#8B9C2D

#8B9C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.134 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9C2D
RGB	rgb(139, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -21.06, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 57.14, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0627 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.134 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0101, 29.4556, 6.9554)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9C2D #3E2D9C

analogous

#9C762D #8B9C2D #549C2D

triadic

#8B9C2D #2D8B9C #9C2D8B

tetradic

#8B9C2D #2D9C76 #3E2D9C #9C2D54

square

#8B9C2D #2D9C76 #3E2D9C #9C2D54

split-complementary

#8B9C2D #2D549C #762D9C

monochromatic

#363D12 #616D1F #8B9C2D #B3C83F #C5D56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8B9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#8B9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9C2D

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9C2D	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7931A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.134 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b96d',
    500: '#8b9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9c2d;
$custom-light: #b0b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.189,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65814,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9C2D

secondary

#7568BC

accent

#49DF60

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9C2D

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

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