#8D9D37#8D9D37

#8D9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.127 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9D37
RGB	rgb(141, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 65%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -20.07, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 53.53, 112.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0591 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.127 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7315, 30.0527, 8.1643)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9D37 #47379D

analogous

#9D7A37 #8D9D37 #5A9D37

triadic

#8D9D37 #378D9D #9D378D

tetradic

#8D9D37 #379D7A #47379D #9D375A

square

#8D9D37 #379D7A #47379D #9D375A

split-complementary

#8D9D37 #375A9D #7A379D

monochromatic

#3C4217 #647027 #8D9D37 #B0C250 #C4D17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8D9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8D9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9D37

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9D37	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.127 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b973',
    500: '#8d9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9d37;
$custom-light: #b1b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.412,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66292,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9D37

secondary

#8075BB

accent

#50D865

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9D37

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

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