#8D8B2D#8D8B2D

#8D8B2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.114 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B2D
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -11.31, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 49.67, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0356 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.114 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6915, 24.3181, 6.0860)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B2D #2D2F8D

analogous

#8D5B2D #8D8B2D #5F8D2D

triadic

#8D8B2D #2D8D8B #8B2D8D

tetradic

#8D8B2D #2D8D5B #2D2F8D #8D2D5F

square

#8D8B2D #2D8D5B #2D2F8D #8D2D5F

split-complementary

#8D8B2D #2D5F8D #5B2D8D

monochromatic

#30300F #5F5D1E #8D8B2D #BBB93C #CECC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8D8B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8D8B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B2D

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B2D	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.114 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac6c',
    500: '#8d8b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b2d;
$custom-light: #b1ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62029,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B2D

secondary

#6163B5

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B2D

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

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