#8D8359#8D8359

#8D8359 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.060 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8359
RGB	rgb(141, 131, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -2.83, 24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 24.27, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0067 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.06 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9043, 22.6172, 12.7136)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8359 #59638D

analogous

#8D6959 #8D8359 #7D8D59

triadic

#8D8359 #598D83 #83598D

tetradic

#8D8359 #598D69 #59638D #8D597D

square

#8D8359 #598D69 #59638D #8D597D

split-complementary

#8D8359 #597D8D #69598D

monochromatic

#423D2A #676041 #8D8359 #AAA179 #C2BB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8D8359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8D8359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8359

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8359	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E845A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 131, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.060 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa688',
    500: '#8d8359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8359;
$custom-light: #afa688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60831,
    "c": 0.06008,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8359

secondary

#9298B0

accent

#79BF69

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8359

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

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