#8B9E25#8B9E25

#8B9E25 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 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9E25
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 37)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -22.48, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 60.82, 111.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0673 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.142 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2088, 30.0765, 6.3326)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9E25 #38259E

analogous

#9E7425 #8B9E25 #4F9E25

triadic

#8B9E25 #258B9E #9E258B

tetradic

#8B9E25 #259E74 #38259E #9E254F

square

#8B9E25 #259E74 #38259E #9E254F

split-complementary

#8B9E25 #254F9E #74259E

monochromatic

#343B0E #5F6C19 #8B9E25 #B6CF31 #C8DA63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8B9E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#8B9E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9E25

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9E25	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.142 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba6a',
    500: '#8b9e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9e25;
$custom-light: #b0ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.421,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66232,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9E25

secondary

#6E5FC0

accent

#43E55C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9E25

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

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