#8B9E15#8B9E15

#8B9E15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.149 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E15
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 21)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -23.08, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 65.14, 110.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0701 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.149 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0103, 29.9971, 5.2872)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E15 #28159E

analogous

#9E6C15 #8B9E15 #479E15

triadic

#8B9E15 #158B9E #9E158B

tetradic

#8B9E15 #159E6C #28159E #9E1547

square

#8B9E15 #159E6C #28159E #9E1547

split-complementary

#8B9E15 #15479E #6C159E

monochromatic

#2C3207 #5B680E #8B9E15 #BBD41C #D0E747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8B9E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8B9E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E15

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E15	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.149 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ba63',
    500: '#8b9e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e15;
$custom-light: #b1ba63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.321,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66155,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E15

secondary

#5947C7

accent

#35F34F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E15

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

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