#8D8451#8D8451

#8D8451 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.071 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8451
RGB	rgb(141, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 27%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 42.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -4.35, 28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 29.05, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0117 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.071 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7214, 22.7600, 11.0846)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8451 #515A8D

analogous

#8D6651 #8D8451 #788D51

triadic

#8D8451 #518D84 #84518D

tetradic

#8D8451 #518D66 #515A8D #8D5178

square

#8D8451 #518D66 #515A8D #8D5178

split-complementary

#8D8451 #51788D #66518D

monochromatic

#3F3B24 #66603B #8D8451 #ACA36F #C3BC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8D8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8D8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8451

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8451	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D814D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.071 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa782',
    500: '#8d8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8451;
$custom-light: #afa782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60905,
    "c": 0.07097,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8451

secondary

#8A90AF

accent

#73C364

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8451

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

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