#8D962D#8D962D

#8D962D 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	#8D962D
RGB	rgb(141, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 70%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -17.11, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 54.35, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0518 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.127 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3651, 27.6653, 6.6439)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D962D #362D96

analogous

#966A2D #8D962D #58962D

triadic

#8D962D #2D8D96 #962D8D

tetradic

#8D962D #2D966A #362D96 #962D58

square

#8D962D #2D966A #362D96 #962D58

split-complementary

#8D962D #2D5896 #6A2D96

monochromatic

#343811 #61671F #8D962D #B9C43C #CAD36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8D962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8D962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D962D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D962D	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#A18F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b46d',
    500: '#8d962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d962d;
$custom-light: #b1b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64572,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D962D

secondary

#6D65B9

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D962D

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

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