#8D9237#8D9237

#8D9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.114 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9237
RGB	rgb(141, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.3%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -14.37, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 48.40, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0431 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.114 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9536, 26.4968, 7.5716)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9237 #3C3792

analogous

#926A37 #8D9237 #609237

triadic

#8D9237 #378D92 #92378D

tetradic

#8D9237 #37926A #3C3792 #923760

square

#8D9237 #37926A #3C3792 #923760

split-complementary

#8D9237 #376092 #6A3792

monochromatic

#373916 #626626 #8D9237 #B5BB4B #C7CC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#8D9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#8D9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9237

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9237	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.114 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b172',
    500: '#8d9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9237;
$custom-light: #b1b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.297,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63733,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9237

secondary

#7470B5

accent

#53D55A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9237

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

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