#8D8916#8D8916

#8D8916 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.126 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8916
RGB	rgb(141, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, -11.27, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 56.85, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0376 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.126 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0758, 23.6127, 4.2591)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8916 #161A8D

analogous

#8D4E16 #8D8916 #568D16

triadic

#8D8916 #168D89 #89168D

tetradic

#8D8916 #168D4E #161A8D #8D1656

square

#8D8916 #168D4E #161A8D #8D1656

split-complementary

#8D8916 #16568D #4E168D

monochromatic

#232205 #58560E #8D8916 #C2BC1E #E1DB3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8D8916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8D8916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8916

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8916	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.126 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab60',
    500: '#8d8916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8916;
$custom-light: #b2ab60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61423,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8916

secondary

#3E43C1

accent

#3EF038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8916

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

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