#8B9E1B#8B9E1B

#8B9E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.146 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E1B
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -22.89, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 63.73, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0692 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.146 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0727, 30.0220, 5.6161)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E1B #2E1B9E

analogous

#9E701B #8B9E1B #4A9E1B

triadic

#8B9E1B #1B8B9E #9E1B8B

tetradic

#8B9E1B #1B9E70 #2E1B9E #9E1B4A

square

#8B9E1B #1B9E70 #2E1B9E #9E1B4A

split-complementary

#8B9E1B #1B4A9E #701B9E

monochromatic

#2F3509 #5D6A12 #8B9E1B #B9D224 #CDE152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8B9E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8B9E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E1B

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E1B	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)

#A79629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.146 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ba65',
    500: '#8b9e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e1b;
$custom-light: #b1ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.702,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66179,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E1B

secondary

#6151C4

accent

#3AEE54

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E1B

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

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