#8D9227#8D9227

#8D9227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.126 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9227
RGB	rgb(141, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 73.3%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -15.36, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 54.89, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0475 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.126 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6303, 26.3675, 5.8691)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9227 #2C2792

analogous

#926227 #8D9227 #589227

triadic

#8D9227 #278D92 #92278D

tetradic

#8D9227 #279262 #2C2792 #922758

square

#8D9227 #279262 #2C2792 #922758

split-complementary

#8D9227 #275892 #622792

monochromatic

#30310D #5E621A #8D9227 #BCC234 #CFD45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#8D9227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#8D9227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9227

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9227	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.126 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b169',
    500: '#8d9227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9227;
$custom-light: #b1b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.804,
    "s": 57.838,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63597,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9227

secondary

#605BBA

accent

#47E14E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9227

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

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