#8D8440#8D8440

#8D8440 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.090 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8440
RGB	rgb(141, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 54.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -6.08, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 37.95, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0185 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.09 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1618, 22.5361, 8.1374)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8440 #40498D

analogous

#8D5D40 #8D8440 #6F8D40

triadic

#8D8440 #408D84 #84408D

tetradic

#8D8440 #408D5D #40498D #8D406F

square

#8D8440 #408D5D #40498D #8D406F

split-complementary

#8D8440 #406F8D #5D408D

monochromatic

#39351A #635D2D #8D8440 #B3A857 #C6BE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8D8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8D8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8440

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8440	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F803A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.090 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a777',
    500: '#8d8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8440;
$custom-light: #b0a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.08998,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8440

secondary

#787FB0

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F09

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8440

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

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