#8D8B23#8D8B23

#8D8B23 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B23
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -11.84, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 53.53, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.0381 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.121 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5213, 24.2500, 5.1895)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B23 #23258D

analogous

#8D5623 #8D8B23 #5A8D23

triadic

#8D8B23 #238D8B #8B238D

tetradic

#8D8B23 #238D56 #23258D #8D235A

square

#8D8B23 #238D56 #23258D #8D235A

split-complementary

#8D8B23 #235A8D #56238D

monochromatic

#2B2A0B #5C5B17 #8D8B23 #BEBB2F #D5D355

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8D8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8D8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B23

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B23	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac66',
    500: '#8d8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b23;
$custom-light: #b2ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61953,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B23

secondary

#5355B9

accent

#47E344

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B23

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

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