#8D842E#8D842E

#8D842E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.106 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D842E
RGB	rgb(141, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -7.44, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 46.48, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0245 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.106 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7297, 22.3633, 5.8615)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D842E #2E378D

analogous

#8D552E #8D842E #678D2E

triadic

#8D842E #2E8D84 #842E8D

tetradic

#8D842E #2E8D55 #2E378D #8D2E67

square

#8D842E #2E8D55 #2E378D #8D2E67

split-complementary

#8D842E #2E678D #552E8D

monochromatic

#312E10 #5F591F #8D842E #BBAF3D #CEC468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8D842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8D842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D842E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D842E	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.106 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a76b',
    500: '#8d842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d842e;
$custom-light: #b1a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.316,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60443,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D842E

secondary

#626AB5

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D842E

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

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