#8B9E22#8B9E22

#8B9E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.143 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E22
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -22.62, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 61.76, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.068 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.143 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1636, 30.0584, 6.0946)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E22 #35229E

analogous

#9E7322 #8B9E22 #4D9E22

triadic

#8B9E22 #228B9E #9E228B

tetradic

#8B9E22 #229E73 #35229E #9E224D

square

#8B9E22 #229E73 #35229E #9E224D

split-complementary

#8B9E22 #224D9E #73229E

monochromatic

#32390C #5F6C17 #8B9E22 #B7D02D #C9DC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8B9E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8B9E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E22

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E22	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)

#A7962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.143 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba68',
    500: '#8b9e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e22;
$custom-light: #b0ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E22

secondary

#6A5BC1

accent

#40E85A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E22

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

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