#8D9531#8D9531

#8D9531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.122 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9531
RGB	rgb(141, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 67.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -16.35, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 52.31, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0493 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.122 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2869, 27.3798, 7.0159)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9531 #393195

analogous

#956B31 #8D9531 #5B9531

triadic

#8D9531 #318D95 #95318D

tetradic

#8D9531 #31956B #393195 #95315B

square

#8D9531 #31956B #393195 #95315B

split-complementary

#8D9531 #315B95 #6B3195

monochromatic

#363913 #616722 #8D9531 #B7C142 #C8D070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8D9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8D9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9531

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9531	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.122 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b46f',
    500: '#8d9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9531;
$custom-light: #b1b46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64372,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9531

secondary

#706AB8

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9531

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

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