#8B9C2E#8B9C2E

#8B9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.134 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B9C2E
RGBrgb(139, 156, 46)
HSLhsl(69, 54%, 40%)
HSVhsv(69, 71%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(10.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(61.19, -21.00, 52.74)
CIE-LCHlch(61.19, 56.77, 111.71°)
OKLaboklab(65.82% -0.0624 0.1181)
OKLCHoklch(65.82% 0.134 117.9)
XYZxyz(23.0296, 29.4634, 7.0580)
Luminance0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B9C2E #3F2E9C
analogous
#9C762E #8B9C2E #549C2E
triadic
#8B9C2E #2E8B9C #9C2E8B
tetradic
#8B9C2E #2E9C76 #3F2E9C #9C2E54
square
#8B9C2E #2E9C76 #3F2E9C #9C2E54
split-complementary
#8B9C2E #2E549C #762E9C
monochromatic
#373D12 #616D20 #8B9C2E #B2C740 #C5D570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05
#8B9C2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89
#8B9C2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9C2E
6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B9C2E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B9C2E1.003.056.896.89
#FFFFFF3.051.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8921.001.001.00
##0000006.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6931C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59437
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#939386
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.134 117.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b96e',
    500: '#8b9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b9c2e;
$custom-light: #b0b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.273,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B9C2E
secondary
#766ABC
accent
#4ADE61
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F6EC
border
#D0D0C7
text
#111108
muted
#80807B

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#8B9C2E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva