#8D8D38#8D8D38

#8D8D38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.107 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D38
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -11.63, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 45.70, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0352 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.107 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2238, 24.9986, 7.4478)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D38 #38388D

analogous

#8D6238 #8D8D38 #628D38

triadic

#8D8D38 #388D8D #8D388D

tetradic

#8D8D38 #388D62 #38388D #8D3862

square

#8D8D38 #388D62 #38388D #8D3862

split-complementary

#8D8D38 #38628D #62388D

monochromatic

#353515 #616127 #8D8D38 #B7B74B #C9C977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8D8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8D8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D38

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D38	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.107 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae72',
    500: '#8d8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d38;
$custom-light: #b1ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62593,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D38

secondary

#6F6FB2

accent

#55D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D38

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

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