#8B9F17#8B9F17

#8B9F17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.149 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9F17
RGB	rgb(139, 159, 23)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -23.52, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 65.11, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0712 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.149 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2008, 30.3473, 5.4458)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9F17 #2B179F

analogous

#9F6F17 #8B9F17 #479F17

triadic

#8B9F17 #178B9F #9F178B

tetradic

#8B9F17 #179F6F #2B179F #9F1747

square

#8B9F17 #179F6F #2B179F #9F1747

split-complementary

#8B9F17 #17479F #6F179F

monochromatic

#2E3408 #5C6A0F #8B9F17 #BAD41F #CEE54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8B9F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#8B9F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9F17

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9F17	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 159, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.149 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bb64',
    500: '#8b9f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9f17;
$custom-light: #b1bb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.664,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9F17

secondary

#5D4BC7

accent

#36F152

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9F17

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

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