#8D9933#8D9933

#8D9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9933
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 66.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -18.29, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 53.31, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0545 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.126 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9738, 28.6845, 7.4578)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9933 #3F3399

analogous

#997233 #8D9933 #5A9933

triadic

#8D9933 #338D99 #99338D

tetradic

#8D9933 #339972 #3F3399 #99335A

square

#8D9933 #339972 #3F3399 #99335A

split-complementary

#8D9933 #335A99 #723399

monochromatic

#383D14 #636B24 #8D9933 #B3C247 #C6D175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8D9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#8D9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9933

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9933	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b770',
    500: '#8d9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9933;
$custom-light: #b1b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65321,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9933

secondary

#776EB9

accent

#4EDA5F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9933

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

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