#8B9D17#8B9D17

#8B9D17 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	#8B9D17
RGB	rgb(139, 157, 23)
HSL	hsl(68, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 85.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -22.52, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 64.29, 110.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0685 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.147 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8597, 29.6650, 5.3321)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9D17 #29179D

analogous

#9D6C17 #8B9D17 #489D17

triadic

#8B9D17 #178B9D #9D178B

tetradic

#8B9D17 #179D6C #29179D #9D1748

square

#8B9D17 #179D6C #29179D #9D1748

split-complementary

#8B9D17 #17489D #6C179D

monochromatic

#2C3207 #5C680F #8B9D17 #BAD21F #D0E44A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8B9D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8B9D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9D17

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9D17	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: #8b9d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 157, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.147 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b964',
    500: '#8b9d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9d17;
$custom-light: #b1b964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.06,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65926,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9D17

secondary

#5B4AC6

accent

#37F150

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9D17

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

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