#8D835B#8D835B

#8D835B is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.058 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D835B
RGB	rgb(141, 131, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 35.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -2.57, 23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 23.17, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0058 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.058 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9894, 22.6512, 13.1620)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D835B #5B658D

analogous

#8D6A5B #8D835B #7E8D5B

triadic

#8D835B #5B8D83 #835B8D

tetradic

#8D835B #5B8D6A #5B658D #8D5B7E

square

#8D835B #5B8D6A #5B658D #8D5B7E

split-complementary

#8D835B #5B7E8D #6A5B8D

monochromatic

#433E2B #686043 #8D835B #AAA17B #C2BBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8D835B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8D835B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D835B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D835B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D835B	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E845C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d835b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 131, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.058 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa68a',
    500: '#8d835b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d835b;
$custom-light: #afa68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d835b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60871,
    "c": 0.05755,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D835B

secondary

#9499B0

accent

#7BBE6A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D835B

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

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