#8D9B37#8D9B37

#8D9B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9B37
RGB	rgb(141, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -19.04, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 52.58, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0562 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.125 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3959, 29.3815, 8.0524)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9B37 #45379B

analogous

#9B7737 #8D9B37 #5B9B37

triadic

#8D9B37 #378D9B #9B378D

tetradic

#8D9B37 #379B77 #45379B #9B375B

square

#8D9B37 #379B77 #45379B #9B375B

split-complementary

#8D9B37 #375B9B #77379B

monochromatic

#3B4117 #646E27 #8D9B37 #B1C04F #C5D07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8D9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8D9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9B37

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9B37	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b873',
    500: '#8d9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9b37;
$custom-light: #b1b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.4,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65825,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9B37

secondary

#7E74BA

accent

#51D763

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9B37

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

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