#8D8342#8D8342

#8D8342 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.087 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8342
RGB	rgb(141, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 53.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -5.34, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 36.52, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0161 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.087 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0848, 22.2894, 8.3975)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8342 #424C8D

analogous

#8D5D42 #8D8342 #718D42

triadic

#8D8342 #428D83 #83428D

tetradic

#8D8342 #428D5D #424C8D #8D4271

square

#8D8342 #428D5D #424C8D #8D4271

split-complementary

#8D8342 #42718D #5D428D

monochromatic

#3A361B #635C2E #8D8342 #B2A65A #C5BD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8D8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8D8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8342

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8342	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.087 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a678',
    500: '#8d8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8342;
$custom-light: #b0a678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60448,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8342

secondary

#7B82B0

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F09

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8342

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

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