#8D8D2E#8D8D2E

#8D8D2E 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	#8D8D2E
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -12.32, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 50.08, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0383 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.116 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0032, 24.9103, 6.2860)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D2E #2E2E8D

analogous

#8D5E2E #8D8D2E #5E8D2E

triadic

#8D8D2E #2E8D8D #8D2E8D

tetradic

#8D8D2E #2E8D5E #2E2E8D #8D2E5E

square

#8D8D2E #2E8D5E #2E2E8D #8D2E5E

split-complementary

#8D8D2E #2E5E8D #5E2E8D

monochromatic

#313110 #5F5F1F #8D8D2E #BBBB3D #CECE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8D8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8D8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D2E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D2E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae6c',
    500: '#8d8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d2e;
$custom-light: #b1ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62497,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D2E

secondary

#6262B5

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D2E

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

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