#8D9A42#8D9A42

#8D9A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.114 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9A42
RGB	rgb(141, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 57.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -17.67, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 47.22, 111.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0512 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.114 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5239, 29.1675, 9.5439)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9A42 #4F429A

analogous

#9A7B42 #8D9A42 #619A42

triadic

#8D9A42 #428D9A #9A428D

tetradic

#8D9A42 #429A7B #4F429A #9A4261

square

#8D9A42 #429A7B #4F429A #9A4261

split-complementary

#8D9A42 #42619A #7B429A

monochromatic

#3F441D #666F30 #8D9A42 #ADBA5F #C3CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8D9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#8D9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9A42

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9A42	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.114 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b779',
    500: '#8d9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9a42;
$custom-light: #b0b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.864,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65707,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9A42

secondary

#8880B8

accent

#58D06A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9A42

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

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