#8D8221#8D8221

#8D8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.114 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8221
RGB	rgb(141, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -7.05, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 50.98, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.0248 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.114 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2425, 21.7386, 4.6209)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8221 #212C8D

analogous

#8D4C21 #8D8221 #628D21

triadic

#8D8221 #218D82 #82218D

tetradic

#8D8221 #218D4C #212C8D #8D2162

square

#8D8221 #218D4C #212C8D #8D2162

split-complementary

#8D8221 #21628D #4C218D

monochromatic

#2A270A #5B5415 #8D8221 #BFB02D #D6C952

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8D8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8D8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8221

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8221	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.114 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a664',
    500: '#8d8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8221;
$custom-light: #b2a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59888,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8221

secondary

#505BBA

accent

#53E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8221

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

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