#8B9D1E#8B9D1E

#8B9D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.144 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9D1E
RGB	rgb(139, 157, 30)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -22.28, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 62.50, 110.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0673 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.144 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9393, 29.6969, 5.7517)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9D1E #301E9D

analogous

#9D701E #8B9D1E #4C9D1E

triadic

#8B9D1E #1E8B9D #9D1E8B

tetradic

#8B9D1E #1E9D70 #301E9D #9D1E4C

square

#8B9D1E #1E9D70 #301E9D #9D1E4C

split-complementary

#8B9D1E #1E4C9D #701E9D

monochromatic

#30360A #5E6A14 #8B9D1E #B8D028 #CCDF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8B9D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8B9D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9D1E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9D1E	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)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 157, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.144 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b966',
    500: '#8b9d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9d1e;
$custom-light: #b0b966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.504,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65957,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9D1E

secondary

#6454C2

accent

#3DEB56

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9D1E

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

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