#8D8816#8D8816

#8D8816 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.125 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8816
RGB	rgb(141, 136, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -10.73, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 56.51, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0361 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.125 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9343, 23.3297, 4.2119)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8816 #161B8D

analogous

#8D4D16 #8D8816 #578D16

triadic

#8D8816 #168D88 #88168D

tetradic

#8D8816 #168D4D #161B8D #8D1657

square

#8D8816 #168D4D #161B8D #8D1657

split-complementary

#8D8816 #16578D #4D168D

monochromatic

#232205 #58550E #8D8816 #C2BB1E #E1DA3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8D8816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8D8816 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8816

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8816	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 136, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.125 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2aa60',
    500: '#8d8816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8816;
$custom-light: #b2aa60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61194,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8816

secondary

#3E44C1

accent

#40F038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8816

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

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