#8A855F#8A855F

#8A855F is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.054 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A855F
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 18%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 31.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -4.41, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 21.67, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0108 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.054 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9345, 23.0050, 14.1619)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A855F #5F648A

analogous

#8A6F5F #8A855F #798A5F

triadic

#8A855F #5F8A85 #855F8A

tetradic

#8A855F #5F8A6F #5F648A #8A5F79

square

#8A855F #5F8A6F #5F648A #8A5F79

split-complementary

#8A855F #5F798A #6F5F8A

monochromatic

#423F2D #666246 #8A855F #A7A27F #C0BDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A855F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8A855F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A855F

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A855F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A855F	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)

#8C825C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a855f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.054 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca88c',
    500: '#8a855f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a855f;
$custom-light: #aca88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a855f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 18.455,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61119,
    "c": 0.0542,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A855F

secondary

#9699AE

accent

#76BB6D

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A855F

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

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