#8B9E1E#8B9E1E

#8B9E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.145 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E1E
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 30)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -22.78, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 62.92, 111.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0687 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.145 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1092, 30.0366, 5.8083)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E1E #311E9E

analogous

#9E711E #8B9E1E #4B9E1E

triadic

#8B9E1E #1E8B9E #9E1E8B

tetradic

#8B9E1E #1E9E71 #311E9E #9E1E4B

square

#8B9E1E #1E9E71 #311E9E #9E1E4B

split-complementary

#8B9E1E #1E4B9E #711E9E

monochromatic

#31370A #5E6B14 #8B9E1E #B8D128 #CBDF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8B9E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8B9E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E1E

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E1E	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)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.145 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba67',
    500: '#8b9e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e1e;
$custom-light: #b0ba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.906,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66194,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E1E

secondary

#6555C3

accent

#3DEB57

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E1E

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

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