#8D8621#8D8621

#8D8621 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.117 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8621
RGB	rgb(141, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -9.23, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 52.38, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.031 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.117 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7850, 22.8235, 4.8017)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8621 #21288D

analogous

#8D5021 #8D8621 #5E8D21

triadic

#8D8621 #218D86 #86218D

tetradic

#8D8621 #218D50 #21288D #8D215E

square

#8D8621 #218D50 #21288D #8D215E

split-complementary

#8D8621 #215E8D #50218D

monochromatic

#2A280A #5B5715 #8D8621 #BFB52D #D6CE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8D8621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8D8621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8621

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8621	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.117 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a865',
    500: '#8d8621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8621;
$custom-light: #b2a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60796,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8621

secondary

#5057BA

accent

#4DE543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8621

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

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