#8D9838#8D9838

#8D9838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.120 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9838
RGB	rgb(141, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 63.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -17.43, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 50.74, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0516 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.12 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9271, 28.4051, 8.0156)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9838 #433898

analogous

#987338 #8D9838 #5D9838

triadic

#8D9838 #388D98 #98388D

tetradic

#8D9838 #389873 #433898 #98385D

square

#8D9838 #389873 #433898 #98385D

split-complementary

#8D9838 #385D98 #733898

monochromatic

#3A3F17 #646B28 #8D9838 #B1BE4F #C5CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8D9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8D9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9838

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9838	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.120 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b673',
    500: '#8d9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9838;
$custom-light: #b1b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.875,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65135,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9838

secondary

#7C74B8

accent

#52D661

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9838

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

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