#8D8521#8D8521

#8D8521 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.116 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8521
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -8.69, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 52.03, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0295 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.116 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6474, 22.5484, 4.7559)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8521 #21298D

analogous

#8D4F21 #8D8521 #5F8D21

triadic

#8D8521 #218D85 #85218D

tetradic

#8D8521 #218D4F #21298D #8D215F

square

#8D8521 #218D4F #21298D #8D215F

split-complementary

#8D8521 #215F8D #4F218D

monochromatic

#2A270A #5B5615 #8D8521 #BFB42D #D6CD52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8D8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8D8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8521

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8521	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.116 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a865',
    500: '#8d8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8521;
$custom-light: #b2a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60568,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8521

secondary

#5058BA

accent

#4FE543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8521

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

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