#8A856B#8A856B

#8A856B is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.038 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A856B
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 13%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 22.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, -2.65, 14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 14.96, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0055 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.038 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5226, 23.2402, 17.2591)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A856B #6B708A

analogous

#8A756B #8A856B #7F8A6B

triadic

#8A856B #6B8A85 #856B8A

tetradic

#8A856B #6B8A75 #6B708A #8A6B7F

square

#8A856B #6B8A75 #6B708A #8A6B7F

split-complementary

#8A856B #6B7F8A #756B8A

monochromatic

#454336 #686450 #8A856B #A6A28C #C1BEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A856B

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A856B	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C856C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.038 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca895',
    500: '#8a856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a856b;
$custom-light: #aca895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 12.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61389,
    "c": 0.03801,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A856B

secondary

#A1A3B0

accent

#7DB672

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F1

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A856B

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

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