#8D8D40#8D8D40

#8D8D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D40
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -10.98, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 41.91, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0325 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.1 109)
XYZ	xyz(21.4353, 25.0832, 8.5619)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D40 #40408D

analogous

#8D6640 #8D8D40 #668D40

triadic

#8D8D40 #408D8D #8D408D

tetradic

#8D8D40 #408D66 #40408D #8D4066

square

#8D8D40 #408D66 #40408D #8D4066

split-complementary

#8D8D40 #40668D #66408D

monochromatic

#39391A #63632D #8D8D40 #B3B357 #C6C681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8D8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8D8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D40

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D40	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae77',
    500: '#8d8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d40;
$custom-light: #b0ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62685,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.25083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D40

secondary

#7878B0

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D40

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

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