#8D8D2C#8D8D2C

#8D8D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D2C
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -12.44, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 50.90, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0388 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.117 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9647, 24.8949, 6.0832)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D2C #2C2C8D

analogous

#8D5D2C #8D8D2C #5D8D2C

triadic

#8D8D2C #2C8D8D #8D2C8D

tetradic

#8D8D2C #2C8D5D #2C2C8D #8D2C5D

square

#8D8D2C #2C8D5D #2C2C8D #8D2C5D

split-complementary

#8D8D2C #2C5D8D #5D2C8D

monochromatic

#30300F #5E5E1D #8D8D2C #BCBC3B #CFCF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8D8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8D8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D2C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D2C	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae6b',
    500: '#8d8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d2c;
$custom-light: #b1ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6248,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D2C

secondary

#6060B5

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D2C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →