#8B9E23#8B9E23

#8B9E23 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	#8B9E23
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, -22.57, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 61.45, 111.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0678 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.143 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1782, 30.0642, 6.1717)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E23 #36239E

analogous

#9E7323 #8B9E23 #4E9E23

triadic

#8B9E23 #238B9E #9E238B

tetradic

#8B9E23 #239E73 #36239E #9E234E

square

#8B9E23 #239E73 #36239E #9E234E

split-complementary

#8B9E23 #234E9E #73239E

monochromatic

#333A0D #5F6C18 #8B9E23 #B7D02E #C9DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8B9E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8B9E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E23

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E23	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	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)

#A99501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.143 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba69',
    500: '#8b9e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e23;
$custom-light: #b0ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.268,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6622,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E23

secondary

#6C5CC1

accent

#41E75B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E23

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

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