#8B9F23#8B9F23

#8B9F23 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	#8B9F23
RGB	rgb(139, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -23.07, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 61.89, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0691 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.144 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3495, 30.4068, 6.2288)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9F23 #37239F

analogous

#9F7523 #8B9F23 #4D9F23

triadic

#8B9F23 #238B9F #9F238B

tetradic

#8B9F23 #239F75 #37239F #9F234D

square

#8B9F23 #239F75 #37239F #9F234D

split-complementary

#8B9F23 #234D9F #75239F

monochromatic

#333B0D #5F6D18 #8B9F23 #B7D12E #C8DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8B9F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#8B9F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9F23

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9F23	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)

#A8962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.144 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bb69',
    500: '#8b9f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9f23;
$custom-light: #b0bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66457,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9F23

secondary

#6D5DC1

accent

#41E75C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9F23

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

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