#8D9A37#8D9A37

#8D9A37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.124 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9A37
RGB	rgb(141, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 64.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -18.53, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 52.11, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0548 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.124 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2302, 29.0501, 7.9972)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9A37 #44379A

analogous

#9A7537 #8D9A37 #5B9A37

triadic

#8D9A37 #378D9A #9A378D

tetradic

#8D9A37 #379A75 #44379A #9A375B

square

#8D9A37 #379A75 #44379A #9A375B

split-complementary

#8D9A37 #375B9A #75379A

monochromatic

#3A4017 #646D27 #8D9A37 #B1C04E #C5D07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8D9A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#8D9A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9A37

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9A37	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.124 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b773',
    500: '#8d9a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9a37;
$custom-light: #b1b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.879,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65591,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9A37

secondary

#7D74B9

accent

#51D762

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9A37

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

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