#8B9E17#8B9E17

#8B9E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.148 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E17
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, -23.02, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 64.70, 110.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0698 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.148 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0296, 30.0048, 5.3887)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E17 #2A179E

analogous

#9E6D17 #8B9E17 #489E17

triadic

#8B9E17 #178B9E #9E178B

tetradic

#8B9E17 #179E6D #2A179E #9E1748

square

#8B9E17 #179E6D #2A179E #9E1748

split-complementary

#8B9E17 #17489E #6D179E

monochromatic

#2D3307 #5C690F #8B9E17 #BAD31F #CFE54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8B9E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8B9E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E17

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E17	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)

#A79527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.148 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ba64',
    500: '#8b9e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e17;
$custom-light: #b1ba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66163,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E17

secondary

#5C4AC6

accent

#37F151

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E17

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

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