#8D803B#8D803B

#8D803B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.091 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D803B
RGB	rgb(141, 128, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 58.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -4.29, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 38.86, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0139 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.091 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4938, 21.4176, 7.2440)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D803B #3B488D

analogous

#8D573B #8D803B #718D3B

triadic

#8D803B #3B8D80 #803B8D

tetradic

#8D803B #3B8D57 #3B488D #8D3B71

square

#8D803B #3B8D57 #3B488D #8D3B71

split-complementary

#8D803B #3B718D #573B8D

monochromatic

#373217 #625929 #8D803B #B6A550 #C8BB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8D803B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8D803B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D803B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D803B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D803B	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#8B7D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d803b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 128, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.091 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a473',
    500: '#8d803b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d803b;
$custom-light: #b0a473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d803b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.488,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59685,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D803B

secondary

#737DB1

accent

#6AD157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D803B

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

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