#8A855D#8A855D

#8A855D is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.057 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A855D
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -4.68, 22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 22.78, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0117 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.057 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8447, 22.9691, 13.6892)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A855D #5D628A

analogous

#8A6E5D #8A855D #798A5D

triadic

#8A855D #5D8A85 #855D8A

tetradic

#8A855D #5D8A6E #5D628A #8A5D79

square

#8A855D #5D8A6E #5D628A #8A5D79

split-complementary

#8A855D #5D798A #6E5D8A

monochromatic

#413F2C #656244 #8A855D #A7A37D #C0BDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A855D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A855D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A855D

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A855D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A855D	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#8C825A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a855d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.057 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada88b',
    500: '#8a855d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a855d;
$custom-light: #ada88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a855d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 19.481,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61078,
    "c": 0.05682,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A855D

secondary

#9597AE

accent

#75BC6C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A855D

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

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