#8D8937#8D8937

#8D8937 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.104 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8937
RGB	rgb(141, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -9.55, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 44.43, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0294 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.104 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6204, 23.8305, 7.1272)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8937 #373B8D

analogous

#8D5E37 #8D8937 #668D37

triadic

#8D8937 #378D89 #89378D

tetradic

#8D8937 #378D5E #373B8D #8D3766

square

#8D8937 #378D5E #373B8D #8D3766

split-complementary

#8D8937 #37668D #5E378D

monochromatic

#353315 #615E26 #8D8937 #B8B349 #C9C575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8D8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8D8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8937

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8937	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.104 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab71',
    500: '#8d8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8937;
$custom-light: #b1ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61668,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8937

secondary

#6E71B2

accent

#5AD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8937

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

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