#8D9537#8D9537

#8D9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.118 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9537
RGB	rgb(141, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 63.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -15.94, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 49.77, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0475 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.118 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4221, 27.4339, 7.7278)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9537 #3F3795

analogous

#956E37 #8D9537 #5E9537

triadic

#8D9537 #378D95 #95378D

tetradic

#8D9537 #37956E #3F3795 #95375E

square

#8D9537 #37956E #3F3795 #95375E

split-complementary

#8D9537 #375E95 #6E3795

monochromatic

#383C16 #636827 #8D9537 #B3BD4C #C6CD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8D9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8D9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9537

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9537	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.118 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b472',
    500: '#8d9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9537;
$custom-light: #b1b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64428,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9537

secondary

#7771B6

accent

#52D65D

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9537

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

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