#8D942E#8D942E

#8D942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.124 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D942E
RGB	rgb(141, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -16.01, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 53.08, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0487 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.124 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0682, 27.0402, 6.6410)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D942E #352E94

analogous

#94682E #8D942E #5A942E

triadic

#8D942E #2E8D94 #942E8D

tetradic

#8D942E #2E9468 #352E94 #942E5A

square

#8D942E #2E9468 #352E94 #942E5A

split-complementary

#8D942E #2E5A94 #682E94

monochromatic

#343711 #61651F #8D942E #B9C33D #CAD16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8D942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8D942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D942E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D942E	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.124 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b36d',
    500: '#8d942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d942e;
$custom-light: #b1b36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.118,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D942E

secondary

#6B66B8

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D942E

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

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