#8D962C#8D962C

#8D962C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D962C
RGB	rgb(141, 150, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 70.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -17.17, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 54.73, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0521 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.127 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3461, 27.6577, 6.5437)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D962C #352C96

analogous

#966A2C #8D962C #58962C

triadic

#8D962C #2C8D96 #962C8D

tetradic

#8D962C #2C966A #352C96 #962C58

square

#8D962C #2C966A #352C96 #962C58

split-complementary

#8D962C #2C5896 #6A2C96

monochromatic

#343710 #61671E #8D962C #B9C53A #CAD369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8D962C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8D962C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D962C

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D962C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D962C	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)

#A18F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d962c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 150, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b46c',
    500: '#8d962c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d962c;
$custom-light: #b1b46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d962c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.094,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64564,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D962C

secondary

#6B64BA

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D962C

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

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