#8A855E#8A855E

#8A855E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.056 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A855E
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 31.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -4.55, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 22.22, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0112 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.056 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8893, 22.9869, 13.9240)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A855E #5E638A

analogous

#8A6F5E #8A855E #798A5E

triadic

#8A855E #5E8A85 #855E8A

tetradic

#8A855E #5E8A6F #5E638A #8A5E79

square

#8A855E #5E8A6F #5E638A #8A5E79

split-complementary

#8A855E #5E798A #6F5E8A

monochromatic

#413F2C #666245 #8A855E #A7A27E #C0BDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8A855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A855E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A855E	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C825B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.056 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada88c',
    500: '#8a855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a855e;
$custom-light: #ada88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61099,
    "c": 0.05551,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A855E

secondary

#9698AE

accent

#75BC6C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A855E

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

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