#8D8235#8D8235

#8D8235 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.099 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8235
RGB	rgb(141, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -5.87, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 42.53, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0192 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.099 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6105, 21.8858, 6.5589)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8235 #35408D

analogous

#8D5635 #8D8235 #6C8D35

triadic

#8D8235 #358D82 #82358D

tetradic

#8D8235 #358D56 #35408D #8D356C

square

#8D8235 #358D56 #35408D #8D356C

split-complementary

#8D8235 #356C8D #56358D

monochromatic

#343014 #615924 #8D8235 #B9AB46 #CABF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8D8235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8D8235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8235

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8235	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.099 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a670',
    500: '#8d8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8235;
$custom-light: #b1a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60063,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8235

secondary

#6B74B2

accent

#63D553

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8235

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

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