#8A855B#8A855B

#8A855B is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.059 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A855B
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 34%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -4.95, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 23.88, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0126 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.059 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7573, 22.9341, 13.2288)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A855B #5B608A

analogous

#8A6E5B #8A855B #788A5B

triadic

#8A855B #5B8A85 #855B8A

tetradic

#8A855B #5B8A6E #5B608A #8A5B78

square

#8A855B #5B8A6E #5B608A #8A5B78

split-complementary

#8A855B #5B788A #6E5B8A

monochromatic

#403E2A #656143 #8A855B #A8A37B #C0BD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A855B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A855B	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.059 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada88a',
    500: '#8a855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a855b;
$custom-light: #ada88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 20.524,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61038,
    "c": 0.05941,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A855B

secondary

#9396AE

accent

#73BD6B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A855B

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

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