#8D8B1D#8D8B1D

#8D8B1D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.124 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B1D
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -12.10, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 55.54, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0394 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.124 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4397, 24.2173, 4.7599)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B1D #1D1F8D

analogous

#8D531D #8D8B1D #578D1D

triadic

#8D8B1D #1D8D8B #8B1D8D

tetradic

#8D8B1D #1D8D53 #1D1F8D #8D1D57

square

#8D8B1D #1D8D53 #1D1F8D #8D1D57

split-complementary

#8D8B1D #1D578D #531D8D

monochromatic

#272708 #5A5913 #8D8B1D #C0BD27 #DAD74B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8D8B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8D8B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B1D

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B1D	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.124 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac64',
    500: '#8d8b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b1d;
$custom-light: #b2ac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61917,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B1D

secondary

#4A4CBC

accent

#42E93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B1D

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

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