#8D8537#8D8537

#8D8537 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.100 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8537
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -7.37, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 42.77, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0232 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.1 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0623, 22.7143, 6.9412)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8537 #373F8D

analogous

#8D5A37 #8D8537 #6A8D37

triadic

#8D8537 #378D85 #85378D

tetradic

#8D8537 #378D5A #373F8D #8D376A

square

#8D8537 #378D5A #373F8D #8D376A

split-complementary

#8D8537 #376A8D #5A378D

monochromatic

#353215 #615B26 #8D8537 #B8AE49 #C9C175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8D8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8D8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8537

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8537	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.100 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a871',
    500: '#8d8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8537;
$custom-light: #b1a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60761,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8537

secondary

#6E74B2

accent

#60D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8537

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

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