#8D8D2D#8D8D2D

#8D8D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.116 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D2D
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -12.38, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 50.49, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0386 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.116 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9837, 24.9025, 6.1834)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D2D #2D2D8D

analogous

#8D5D2D #8D8D2D #5D8D2D

triadic

#8D8D2D #2D8D8D #8D2D8D

tetradic

#8D8D2D #2D8D5D #2D2D8D #8D2D5D

square

#8D8D2D #2D8D5D #2D2D8D #8D2D5D

split-complementary

#8D8D2D #2D5D8D #5D2D8D

monochromatic

#30300F #5F5F1E #8D8D2D #BBBB3C #CECE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8D8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8D8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D2D

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D2D	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)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae6c',
    500: '#8d8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d2d;
$custom-light: #b1ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62488,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D2D

secondary

#6161B5

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D2D

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

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