#8D991B#8D991B

#8D991B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.140 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D991B
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 27)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -19.49, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 61.55, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.06 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.14 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5742, 28.5247, 5.3533)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D991B #271B99

analogous

#99661B #8D991B #4E991B

triadic

#8D991B #1B8D99 #991B8D

tetradic

#8D991B #1B9966 #271B99 #991B4E

square

#8D991B #1B9966 #271B99 #991B4E

split-complementary

#8D991B #1B4E99 #661B99

monochromatic

#2D3109 #5D6512 #8D991B #BDCD24 #D2E04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8D991B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8D991B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D991B

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D991B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D991B	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d991b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.140 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b665',
    500: '#8d991b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d991b;
$custom-light: #b2b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d991b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65161,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D991B

secondary

#594EC2

accent

#3BED4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D991B

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

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