#8D962E#8D962E

#8D962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.126 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D962E
RGB	rgb(141, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 69.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -17.05, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 53.96, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0516 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.126 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3846, 27.6731, 6.7465)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D962E #372E96

analogous

#966B2E #8D962E #59962E

triadic

#8D962E #2E8D96 #962E8D

tetradic

#8D962E #2E966B #372E96 #962E59

square

#8D962E #2E966B #372E96 #962E59

split-complementary

#8D962E #2E5996 #6B2E96

monochromatic

#353811 #616720 #8D962E #B8C43E #C9D26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8D962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8D962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D962E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D962E	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)

#A18F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.126 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b46d',
    500: '#8d962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d962e;
$custom-light: #b1b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.192,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6458,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D962E

secondary

#6E67B9

accent

#4BDC58

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D962E

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

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