#8D8516#8D8516

#8D8516 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.122 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8516
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -9.11, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 55.50, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0316 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.122 105)
XYZ	xyz(19.5177, 22.4965, 4.0731)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8516 #161E8D

analogous

#8D4916 #8D8516 #5A8D16

triadic

#8D8516 #168D85 #85168D

tetradic

#8D8516 #168D49 #161E8D #8D165A

square

#8D8516 #168D49 #161E8D #8D165A

split-complementary

#8D8516 #165A8D #49168D

monochromatic

#232105 #58530E #8D8516 #C2B71E #E1D63D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8D8516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8D8516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8516

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8516	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.122 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a860',
    500: '#8d8516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8516;
$custom-light: #b2a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60508,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.22496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8516

secondary

#3E47C1

accent

#44F038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8516

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

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