#8D8737#8D8737

#8D8737 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.102 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8737
RGB	rgb(141, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, -8.46, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 43.59, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0263 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.102 105)
XYZ	xyz(20.3388, 23.2672, 7.0333)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8737 #373D8D

analogous

#8D5C37 #8D8737 #688D37

triadic

#8D8737 #378D87 #87378D

tetradic

#8D8737 #378D5C #373D8D #8D3768

square

#8D8737 #378D5C #373D8D #8D3768

split-complementary

#8D8737 #37688D #5C378D

monochromatic

#353315 #615D26 #8D8737 #B8B049 #C9C375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8D8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8D8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8737

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8737	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.102 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a971',
    500: '#8d8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8737;
$custom-light: #b1a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61214,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.23267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8737

secondary

#6E73B2

accent

#5DD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8737

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

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