#8D8D23#8D8D23

#8D8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.123 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D23
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -12.91, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 54.31, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0411 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.123 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8135, 24.8344, 5.2869)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D23 #23238D

analogous

#8D5823 #8D8D23 #588D23

triadic

#8D8D23 #238D8D #8D238D

tetradic

#8D8D23 #238D58 #23238D #8D2358

square

#8D8D23 #238D58 #23238D #8D2358

split-complementary

#8D8D23 #23588D #58238D

monochromatic

#2B2B0B #5C5C17 #8D8D23 #BEBE2F #D5D555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8D8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8D8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D23

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D23	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.123 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae67',
    500: '#8d8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d23;
$custom-light: #b2ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62414,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D23

secondary

#5353B9

accent

#44E344

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D23

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

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