#8D8520#8D8520

#8D8520 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.117 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8520
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 77.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -8.73, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 52.38, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0297 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.117 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6336, 22.5428, 4.6832)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8520 #20288D

analogous

#8D4F20 #8D8520 #5F8D20

triadic

#8D8520 #208D85 #85208D

tetradic

#8D8520 #208D4F #20288D #8D205F

square

#8D8520 #208D4F #20288D #8D205F

split-complementary

#8D8520 #205F8D #4F208D

monochromatic

#292709 #5B5615 #8D8520 #BFB42B #D7CD50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8D8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8D8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8520

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8520	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)

#918009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.117 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a864',
    500: '#8d8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8520;
$custom-light: #b2a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60562,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8520

secondary

#4E56BA

accent

#4EE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8520

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

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