#8B9D16#8B9D16

#8B9D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.147 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9D16
RGB	rgb(139, 157, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 86%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -22.55, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 64.52, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.0686 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.147 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8499, 29.6611, 5.2803)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9D16 #28169D

analogous

#9D6B16 #8B9D16 #479D16

triadic

#8B9D16 #168B9D #9D168B

tetradic

#8B9D16 #169D6B #28169D #9D1647

square

#8B9D16 #169D6B #28169D #9D1647

split-complementary

#8B9D16 #16479D #6B169D

monochromatic

#2C3207 #5B670E #8B9D16 #BBD31E #D0E548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8B9D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8B9D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9D16

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9D16	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)

#A69526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 157, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.147 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b963',
    500: '#8b9d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9d16;
$custom-light: #b1b963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65922,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9D16

secondary

#5948C7

accent

#36F24F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9D16

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

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