#8D9541#8D9541

#8D9541 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9541
RGB	rgb(141, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 39%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 56.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -15.15, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 45.23, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0442 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.109 114)
XYZ	xyz(22.6865, 27.5396, 9.1206)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9541 #494195

analogous

#957341 #8D9541 #639541

triadic

#8D9541 #418D95 #95418D

tetradic

#8D9541 #419573 #494195 #954163

square

#8D9541 #419573 #494195 #954163

split-complementary

#8D9541 #416395 #734195

monochromatic

#3C401C #656A2E #8D9541 #AFB85C #C4CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8D9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8D9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9541

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9541	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b479',
    500: '#8d9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9541;
$custom-light: #b0b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64536,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.27539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9541

secondary

#827DB5

accent

#59CF64

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9541

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

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