#8B9E1C#8B9E1C

#8B9E1C 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 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E1C
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 28)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 82.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -22.86, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 63.46, 111.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0691 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.146 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0845, 30.0267, 5.6780)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E1C #2F1C9E

analogous

#9E701C #8B9E1C #4A9E1C

triadic

#8B9E1C #1C8B9E #9E1C8B

tetradic

#8B9E1C #1C9E70 #2F1C9E #9E1C4A

square

#8B9E1C #1C9E70 #2F1C9E #9E1C4A

split-complementary

#8B9E1C #1C4A9E #701C9E

monochromatic

#30360A #5D6A13 #8B9E1C #B9D225 #CCE154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8B9E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8B9E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E1C

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E1C	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.146 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ba66',
    500: '#8b9e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e1c;
$custom-light: #b1ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.769,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66184,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E1C

secondary

#6352C4

accent

#3BED55

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E1C

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

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