#8D8E1B#8D8E1B

#8D8E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.128 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8E1B
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -13.77, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 57.26, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0442 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.128 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8561, 25.0885, 4.7806)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8E1B #1C1B8E

analogous

#8E551B #8D8E1B #538E1B

triadic

#8D8E1B #1B8D8E #8E1B8D

tetradic

#8D8E1B #1B8E55 #1C1B8E #8E1B53

square

#8D8E1B #1B8E55 #1C1B8E #8E1B53

split-complementary

#8D8E1B #1B538E #551B8E

monochromatic

#272707 #5A5B11 #8D8E1B #C0C125 #DBDC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8D8E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8D8E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8E1B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8E1B	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)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.128 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae63',
    500: '#8d8e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8e1b;
$custom-light: #b2ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.522,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62599,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8E1B

secondary

#4847BE

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8E1B

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

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