#8B9D19#8B9D19

#8B9D19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.146 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9D19
RGB	rgb(139, 157, 25)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 84.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -22.46, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 63.81, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0682 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.146 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8805, 29.6733, 5.4417)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9D19 #2B199D

analogous

#9D6D19 #8B9D19 #499D19

triadic

#8B9D19 #198B9D #9D198B

tetradic

#8B9D19 #199D6D #2B199D #9D1949

square

#8B9D19 #199D6D #2B199D #9D1949

split-complementary

#8B9D19 #19499D #6D199D

monochromatic

#2E3308 #5C6811 #8B9D19 #BAD221 #CEE34E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8B9D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8B9D19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9D19

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9D19	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)

#A69528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 157, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.146 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b965',
    500: '#8b9d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9d19;
$custom-light: #b1b965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65934,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9D19

secondary

#5D4DC5

accent

#39EF51

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9D19

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

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