#8D8616#8D8616

#8D8616 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.123 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8616
RGB	rgb(141, 134, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -9.65, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 55.83, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.0331 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.123 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6553, 22.7716, 4.1189)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8616 #161D8D

analogous

#8D4B16 #8D8616 #588D16

triadic

#8D8616 #168D86 #86168D

tetradic

#8D8616 #168D4B #161D8D #8D1658

square

#8D8616 #168D4B #161D8D #8D1658

split-complementary

#8D8616 #16588D #4B168D

monochromatic

#232105 #58540E #8D8616 #C2B81E #E1D73D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8D8616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8D8616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8616

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8616	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 134, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.123 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a860',
    500: '#8d8616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8616;
$custom-light: #b2a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60736,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8616

secondary

#3E46C1

accent

#43F038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8616

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

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