#8D9737#8D9737

#8D9737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9737
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -16.98, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 50.70, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0504 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.12 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7412, 28.0721, 7.8342)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9737 #413797

analogous

#977137 #8D9737 #5D9737

triadic

#8D9737 #378D97 #97378D

tetradic

#8D9737 #379771 #413797 #97375D

square

#8D9737 #379771 #413797 #97375D

split-complementary

#8D9737 #375D97 #713797

monochromatic

#393D16 #636A27 #8D9737 #B2BE4D #C6CF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8D9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8D9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9737

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9737	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b572',
    500: '#8d9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9737;
$custom-light: #b1b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64892,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9737

secondary

#7972B8

accent

#52D65F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9737

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

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