#8D962A#8D962A

#8D962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.129 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D962A
RGB	rgb(141, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -17.28, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 55.48, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0526 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.129 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3094, 27.6430, 6.3504)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D962A #332A96

analogous

#96692A #8D962A #57962A

triadic

#8D962A #2A8D96 #962A8D

tetradic

#8D962A #2A9669 #332A96 #962A57

square

#8D962A #2A9669 #332A96 #962A57

split-complementary

#8D962A #2A5796 #692A96

monochromatic

#33360F #60661D #8D962A #BAC637 #CBD466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8D962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8D962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D962A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D962A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.129 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b46b',
    500: '#8d962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d962a;
$custom-light: #b1b46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64549,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D962A

secondary

#6961BA

accent

#48E055

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D962A

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

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