#8D8249#8D8249

#8D8249 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.078 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8249
RGB	rgb(141, 130, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 48.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -4.10, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 32.47, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0118 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.078 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1703, 22.1097, 9.5072)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8249 #49548D

analogous

#8D6049 #8D8249 #768D49

triadic

#8D8249 #498D82 #82498D

tetradic

#8D8249 #498D60 #49548D #8D4976

square

#8D8249 #498D60 #49548D #8D4976

split-complementary

#8D8249 #49768D #60498D

monochromatic

#3C381F #655D34 #8D8249 #AFA364 #C4BB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8D8249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8D8249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8249

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8249	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 130, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.078 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a67d',
    500: '#8d8249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8249;
$custom-light: #b0a67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60328,
    "c": 0.07821,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8249

secondary

#828AB0

accent

#71C860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#110F0A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8249

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

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