#8D8524#8D8524

#8D8524 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.115 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8524
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 74.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -8.55, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 50.93, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0288 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.115 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6913, 22.5659, 4.9871)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8524 #242C8D

analogous

#8D5124 #8D8524 #608D24

triadic

#8D8524 #248D85 #85248D

tetradic

#8D8524 #248D51 #242C8D #8D2460

square

#8D8524 #248D51 #242C8D #8D2460

split-complementary

#8D8524 #24608D #51248D

monochromatic

#2B290B #5C5718 #8D8524 #BEB330 #D4CB57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8D8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8D8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8524

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8524	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)

#918012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.115 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a866',
    500: '#8d8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8524;
$custom-light: #b2a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60589,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8524

secondary

#545CB8

accent

#51E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8524

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

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