#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
RGB	rgb(139, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -21.00, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 56.77, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0624 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.134 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0296, 29.4634, 7.0580)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##8B9C2E	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9C2E

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

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