#8B9E1D#8B9E1D

#8B9E1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.146 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E1D
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 29)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -22.82, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 63.20, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0689 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.146 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0967, 30.0316, 5.7421)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E1D #301D9E

analogous

#9E711D #8B9E1D #4B9E1D

triadic

#8B9E1D #1D8B9E #9E1D8B

tetradic

#8B9E1D #1D9E71 #301D9E #9E1D4B

square

#8B9E1D #1D9E71 #301D9E #9E1D4B

split-complementary

#8B9E1D #1D4B9E #711D9E

monochromatic

#30370A #5E6A14 #8B9E1D #B8D226 #CCE056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8B9E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8B9E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E1D

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E1D	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: #8b9e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.146 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ba66',
    500: '#8b9e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e1d;
$custom-light: #b1ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.837,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66189,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E1D

secondary

#6454C3

accent

#3CEC56

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E1D

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

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