#8B9F22#8B9F22

#8B9F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.144 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9F22
RGB	rgb(139, 159, 34)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(70, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -23.12, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 62.19, 111.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0693 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.144 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3349, 30.4009, 6.1517)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9F22 #36229F

analogous

#9F7422 #8B9F22 #4C9F22

triadic

#8B9F22 #228B9F #9F228B

tetradic

#8B9F22 #229F74 #36229F #9F224C

square

#8B9F22 #229F74 #36229F #9F224C

split-complementary

#8B9F22 #224C9F #74229F

monochromatic

#333A0C #5F6D17 #8B9F22 #B7D12D #C9DD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8B9F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#8B9F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9F22

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9F22	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 159, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.144 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bb68',
    500: '#8b9f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9f22;
$custom-light: #b0bb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66451,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9F22

secondary

#6C5BC1

accent

#40E85B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9F22

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

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