#8D8049#8D8049

#8D8049 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.076 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8049
RGB	rgb(141, 128, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 48.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -2.99, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 31.66, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0085 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.076 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9068, 21.5828, 9.4193)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8049 #49568D

analogous

#8D5E49 #8D8049 #788D49

triadic

#8D8049 #498D80 #80498D

tetradic

#8D8049 #498D5E #49568D #8D4978

square

#8D8049 #498D5E #49568D #8D4978

split-complementary

#8D8049 #49788D #5E498D

monochromatic

#3C371F #655B34 #8D8049 #AFA164 #C4B98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8D8049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8D8049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8049

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8049	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E824B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 128, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.076 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a47d',
    500: '#8d8049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8049;
$custom-light: #b0a47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59883,
    "c": 0.07626,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8049

secondary

#828BB0

accent

#74C860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#110F09

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8049

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

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