#8B9E24#8B9E24

#8B9E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.142 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E24
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, -22.53, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 61.14, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0676 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.142 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1933, 30.0703, 6.2510)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E24 #37249E

analogous

#9E7424 #8B9E24 #4E9E24

triadic

#8B9E24 #248B9E #9E248B

tetradic

#8B9E24 #249E74 #37249E #9E244E

square

#8B9E24 #249E74 #37249E #9E244E

split-complementary

#8B9E24 #244E9E #74249E

monochromatic

#333A0D #5F6C19 #8B9E24 #B7D02F #C8DB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8B9E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8B9E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E24

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E24	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)

#A99504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.142 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba69',
    500: '#8b9e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e24;
$custom-light: #b0ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.344,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66226,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E24

secondary

#6D5EC0

accent

#42E65B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E24

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

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