#8D8A37#8D8A37

#8D8A37 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.105 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A37
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -10.09, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 44.86, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.031 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.105 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7632, 24.1161, 7.1748)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A37 #373A8D

analogous

#8D5F37 #8D8A37 #658D37

triadic

#8D8A37 #378D8A #8A378D

tetradic

#8D8A37 #378D5F #373A8D #8D3765

square

#8D8A37 #378D5F #373A8D #8D3765

split-complementary

#8D8A37 #37658D #5F378D

monochromatic

#353415 #615F26 #8D8A37 #B8B449 #C9C675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8D8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8D8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A37

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A37	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.105 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac71',
    500: '#8d8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a37;
$custom-light: #b1ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.907,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61896,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A37

secondary

#6E70B2

accent

#59D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A37

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

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