#8D835F#8D835F

#8D835F is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.052 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D835F
RGB	rgb(141, 131, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 19%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 32.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -2.04, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 20.97, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.004 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.052 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1666, 22.7221, 14.0951)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D835F #5F698D

analogous

#8D6C5F #8D835F #808D5F

triadic

#8D835F #5F8D83 #835F8D

tetradic

#8D835F #5F8D6C #5F698D #8D5F80

square

#8D835F #5F8D6C #5F698D #8D5F80

split-complementary

#8D835F #5F808D #6C5F8D

monochromatic

#443F2E #686146 #8D835F #A9A080 #C2BCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8D835F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8D835F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D835F

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D835F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D835F	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)

#8A815D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d835f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 131, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.052 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa78c',
    500: '#8d835f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d835f;
$custom-light: #afa78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d835f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 19.492,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60953,
    "c": 0.05244,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D835F

secondary

#979DB0

accent

#7DBC6C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D835F

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

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