#8B9D1A#8B9D1A

#8B9D1A 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 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9D1A
RGB	rgb(139, 157, 26)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 83.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -22.43, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 63.56, 110.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.068 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.146 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8915, 29.6777, 5.4995)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9D1A #2C1A9D

analogous

#9D6D1A #8B9D1A #499D1A

triadic

#8B9D1A #1A8B9D #9D1A8B

tetradic

#8B9D1A #1A9D6D #2C1A9D #9D1A49

square

#8B9D1A #1A9D6D #2C1A9D #9D1A49

split-complementary

#8B9D1A #1A499D #6D1A9D

monochromatic

#2E3409 #5D6811 #8B9D1A #B9D223 #CEE24F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8B9D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8B9D1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9D1A

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9D1A	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	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: #8b9d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 157, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.146 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b965',
    500: '#8b9d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9d1a;
$custom-light: #b1b965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.244,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65938,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9D1A

secondary

#5F4EC4

accent

#39EE52

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9D1A

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

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