#8A856C#8A856C

#8A856C is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.037 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A856C
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 21.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -2.49, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 14.40, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0051 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.037 98)
XYZ	xyz(21.5755, 23.2614, 17.5378)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A856C #6C718A

analogous

#8A766C #8A856C #808A6C

triadic

#8A856C #6C8A85 #856C8A

tetradic

#8A856C #6C8A76 #6C718A #8A6C80

square

#8A856C #6C8A76 #6C718A #8A6C80

split-complementary

#8A856C #6C808A #766C8A

monochromatic

#454336 #686451 #8A856C #A6A28D #C1BEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A856C

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A856C	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)

#8A836A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C856D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.037 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca896',
    500: '#8a856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a856c;
$custom-light: #aca896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61414,
    "c": 0.03663,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.23261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A856C

secondary

#A2A4B0

accent

#7EB573

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A856C

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

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