#8D8459#8D8459

#8D8459 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.061 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8459
RGB	rgb(141, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -3.38, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 24.70, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0083 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.061 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0393, 22.8871, 12.7586)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8459 #59628D

analogous

#8D6A59 #8D8459 #7C8D59

triadic

#8D8459 #598D84 #84598D

tetradic

#8D8459 #598D6A #59628D #8D597C

square

#8D8459 #598D6A #59628D #8D597C

split-complementary

#8D8459 #597C8D #6A598D

monochromatic

#423E2A #676141 #8D8459 #AAA279 #C2BC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8D8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8D8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8459

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8459	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F855B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.061 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa788',
    500: '#8d8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8459;
$custom-light: #afa788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61052,
    "c": 0.06113,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8459

secondary

#9297B0

accent

#78BF69

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8459

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

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