#8D9937#8D9937

#8D9937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9937
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, -18.02, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 51.64, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0533 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.123 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0658, 28.7213, 7.9424)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9937 #433799

analogous

#997437 #8D9937 #5C9937

triadic

#8D9937 #378D99 #99378D

tetradic

#8D9937 #379974 #433799 #99375C

square

#8D9937 #379974 #433799 #99375C

split-complementary

#8D9937 #375C99 #743799

monochromatic

#3A3F17 #646C27 #8D9937 #B1BF4E #C5D07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8D9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#8D9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9937

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9937	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b773',
    500: '#8d9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9937;
$custom-light: #b1b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.347,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65358,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9937

secondary

#7C73B9

accent

#51D761

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9937

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

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