#8B9D15#8B9D15

#8B9D15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.148 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9D15
RGB	rgb(139, 157, 21)
HSL	hsl(68, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 86.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -22.58, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 64.74, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.0688 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.148 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8404, 29.6573, 5.2305)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9D15 #27159D

analogous

#9D6B15 #8B9D15 #479D15

triadic

#8B9D15 #158B9D #9D158B

tetradic

#8B9D15 #159D6B #27159D #9D1547

square

#8B9D15 #159D6B #27159D #9D1547

split-complementary

#8B9D15 #15479D #6B159D

monochromatic

#2B3107 #5B670E #8B9D15 #BBD31C #D1E646

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8B9D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8B9D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9D15

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9D15	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 157, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.148 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b963',
    500: '#8b9d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9d15;
$custom-light: #b1b963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65918,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9D15

secondary

#5847C7

accent

#35F34E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9D15

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

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