#8D981B#8D981B

#8D981B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.139 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D981B
RGB	rgb(141, 152, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 82.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -18.98, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 61.15, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0586 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.139 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4113, 28.1987, 5.2990)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D981B #261B98

analogous

#98641B #8D981B #4E981B

triadic

#8D981B #1B8D98 #981B8D

tetradic

#8D981B #1B9864 #261B98 #981B4E

square

#8D981B #1B9864 #261B98 #981B4E

split-complementary

#8D981B #1B4E98 #641B98

monochromatic

#2D3009 #5D6412 #8D981B #BDCC24 #D3E04E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8D981B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#8D981B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D981B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D981B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D981B	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d981b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 152, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.139 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b665',
    500: '#8d981b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d981b;
$custom-light: #b2b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d981b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64927,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D981B

secondary

#574DC2

accent

#3BED4B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D981B

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

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