#8D8038#8D8038

#8D8038 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.094 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8038
RGB	rgb(141, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -4.53, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 40.33, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.015 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.094 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4182, 21.3874, 6.8459)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8038 #38458D

analogous

#8D5538 #8D8038 #6F8D38

triadic

#8D8038 #388D80 #80388D

tetradic

#8D8038 #388D55 #38458D #8D386F

square

#8D8038 #388D55 #38458D #8D386F

split-complementary

#8D8038 #386F8D #55388D

monochromatic

#353015 #615827 #8D8038 #B7A74B #C9BC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8D8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8D8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8038

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8038	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.094 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a471',
    500: '#8d8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8038;
$custom-light: #b1a471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59648,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8038

secondary

#6F79B2

accent

#68D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8038

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

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