#8D8D31#8D8D31

#8D8D31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.113 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D31
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, -12.13, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 48.82, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0374 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.113 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0644, 24.9348, 6.6084)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D31 #31318D

analogous

#8D5F31 #8D8D31 #5F8D31

triadic

#8D8D31 #318D8D #8D318D

tetradic

#8D8D31 #318D5F #31318D #8D315F

square

#8D8D31 #318D5F #31318D #8D315F

split-complementary

#8D8D31 #315F8D #5F318D

monochromatic

#323211 #606021 #8D8D31 #BABA41 #CCCC6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8D8D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8D8D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D31

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D31	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.113 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae6e',
    500: '#8d8d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d31;
$custom-light: #b1ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D31

secondary

#6666B4

accent

#50D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D31

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

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