#8A856D#8A856D

#8A856D is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.035 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A856D
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 21%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 21%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -2.34, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 13.84, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0046 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.035 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6290, 23.2828, 17.8197)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A856D #6D728A

analogous

#8A766D #8A856D #808A6D

triadic

#8A856D #6D8A85 #856D8A

tetradic

#8A856D #6D8A76 #6D728A #8A6D80

square

#8A856D #6D8A76 #6D728A #8A6D80

split-complementary

#8A856D #6D808A #766D8A

monochromatic

#464337 #686452 #8A856D #A6A28E #C1BEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A856D

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A856D	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A836C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C856E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.035 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca897',
    500: '#8a856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a856d;
$custom-light: #aca897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 11.741,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61438,
    "c": 0.03526,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A856D

secondary

#A2A5B0

accent

#7EB573

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A856D

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

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