#8D951B#8D951B

#8D951B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.136 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D951B
RGB	rgb(141, 149, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 81.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -17.44, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 59.96, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0543 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.136 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9305, 27.2372, 5.1388)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D951B #231B95

analogous

#95601B #8D951B #50951B

triadic

#8D951B #1B8D95 #951B8D

tetradic

#8D951B #1B9560 #231B95 #951B50

square

#8D951B #1B9560 #231B95 #951B50

split-complementary

#8D951B #1B5095 #601B95

monochromatic

#2B2D08 #5C6112 #8D951B #BEC924 #D5DF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8D951B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8D951B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D951B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D951B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D951B	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d951b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 149, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.136 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b464',
    500: '#8d951b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d951b;
$custom-light: #b2b464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d951b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64225,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D951B

secondary

#534BC1

accent

#3CEC47

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D951B

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

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