#8D9938#8D9938

#8D9938 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 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9938
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 63.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, -17.95, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 51.21, 110.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.053 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.122 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0900, 28.7310, 8.0699)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9938 #443899

analogous

#997438 #8D9938 #5C9938

triadic

#8D9938 #388D99 #99388D

tetradic

#8D9938 #389974 #443899 #99385C

square

#8D9938 #389974 #443899 #99385C

split-complementary

#8D9938 #385C99 #743899

monochromatic

#3A3F17 #646C28 #8D9938 #B1BF4F #C5CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8D9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#8D9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9938

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9938	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b773',
    500: '#8d9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9938;
$custom-light: #b1b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.423,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65367,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9938

secondary

#7D74B8

accent

#52D662

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9938

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

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