#8D8D21#8D8D21

#8D8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.124 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D21
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -13.00, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 54.99, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0415 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.124 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7847, 24.8229, 5.1350)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D21 #21218D

analogous

#8D5721 #8D8D21 #578D21

triadic

#8D8D21 #218D8D #8D218D

tetradic

#8D8D21 #218D57 #21218D #8D2157

square

#8D8D21 #218D57 #21218D #8D2157

split-complementary

#8D8D21 #21578D #57218D

monochromatic

#2A2A0A #5B5B15 #8D8D21 #BFBF2D #D6D652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8D8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8D8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D21

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D21	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.124 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae66',
    500: '#8d8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d21;
$custom-light: #b2ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62401,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D21

secondary

#5050BA

accent

#43E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D21

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

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