#8D835E#8D835E

#8D835E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.054 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D835E
RGB	rgb(141, 131, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 33.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -2.17, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 21.52, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0045 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.054 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1214, 22.7040, 13.8572)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D835E #5E688D

analogous

#8D6B5E #8D835E #7F8D5E

triadic

#8D835E #5E8D83 #835E8D

tetradic

#8D835E #5E8D6B #5E688D #8D5E7F

square

#8D835E #5E8D6B #5E688D #8D5E7F

split-complementary

#8D835E #5E7F8D #6B5E8D

monochromatic

#443F2D #686146 #8D835E #A9A07F #C2BBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8D835E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8D835E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D835E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D835E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D835E	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B815B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D845F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d835e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 131, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.054 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa78c',
    500: '#8d835e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d835e;
$custom-light: #afa78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d835e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60932,
    "c": 0.05372,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D835E

secondary

#979CB0

accent

#7DBD6B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D835E

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

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