#8D8340#8D8340

#8D8340 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.089 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8340
RGB	rgb(141, 131, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 54.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -5.52, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 37.54, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0169 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.089 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0269, 22.2662, 8.0924)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8340 #404A8D

analogous

#8D5D40 #8D8340 #708D40

triadic

#8D8340 #408D83 #83408D

tetradic

#8D8340 #408D5D #404A8D #8D4070

square

#8D8340 #408D5D #404A8D #8D4070

split-complementary

#8D8340 #40708D #5D408D

monochromatic

#39351A #635C2D #8D8340 #B3A757 #C6BD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8D8340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8D8340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8340

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8340	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 131, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.089 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a677',
    500: '#8d8340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8340;
$custom-light: #b0a677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60421,
    "c": 0.08895,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8340

secondary

#7880B0

accent

#69CE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F09

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8340

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

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