#8B9E1A#8B9E1A

#8B9E1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.147 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E1A
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 26)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -22.93, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 63.98, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0694 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.147 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0613, 30.0175, 5.5562)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E1A #2D1A9E

analogous

#9E6F1A #8B9E1A #499E1A

triadic

#8B9E1A #1A8B9E #9E1A8B

tetradic

#8B9E1A #1A9E6F #2D1A9E #9E1A49

square

#8B9E1A #1A9E6F #2D1A9E #9E1A49

split-complementary

#8B9E1A #1A499E #6F1A9E

monochromatic

#2F3509 #5D6911 #8B9E1A #B9D323 #CDE250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8B9E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8B9E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E1A

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E1A	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)

#A79528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.147 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ba65',
    500: '#8b9e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e1a;
$custom-light: #b1ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66175,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E1A

secondary

#604FC5

accent

#39EE53

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E1A

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

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