#8D8449#8D8449

#8D8449 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.080 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8449
RGB	rgb(141, 132, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 48.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -5.22, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 33.31, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.015 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.08 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4389, 22.6470, 9.5967)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8449 #49528D

analogous

#8D6249 #8D8449 #748D49

triadic

#8D8449 #498D84 #84498D

tetradic

#8D8449 #498D62 #49528D #8D4974

square

#8D8449 #498D62 #49528D #8D4974

split-complementary

#8D8449 #49748D #62498D

monochromatic

#3C391F #655E34 #8D8449 #AFA564 #C4BC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8D8449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8D8449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8449

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8449	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)

#8E8144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 132, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.080 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a77d',
    500: '#8d8449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8449;
$custom-light: #b0a77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60774,
    "c": 0.08028,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8449

secondary

#8288B0

accent

#6EC860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#110F0A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8449

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

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