#8D8D3E#8D8D3E

#8D8D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D3E
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -11.15, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 42.88, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0332 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.102 109)
XYZ	xyz(21.3794, 25.0608, 8.2675)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D3E #3E3E8D

analogous

#8D663E #8D8D3E #668D3E

triadic

#8D8D3E #3E8D8D #8D3E8D

tetradic

#8D8D3E #3E8D66 #3E3E8D #8D3E66

square

#8D8D3E #3E8D66 #3E3E8D #8D3E66

split-complementary

#8D8D3E #3E668D #663E8D

monochromatic

#383819 #62622B #8D8D3E #B4B454 #C7C77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8D8D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8D8D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D3E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D3E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae76',
    500: '#8d8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d3e;
$custom-light: #b0ae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.2506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D3E

secondary

#7676B1

accent

#59CF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D3E

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

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