#8D8522#8D8522

#8D8522 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.116 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8522
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -8.65, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 51.67, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0292 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.116 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6616, 22.5541, 4.8308)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8522 #222A8D

analogous

#8D5022 #8D8522 #608D22

triadic

#8D8522 #228D85 #85228D

tetradic

#8D8522 #228D50 #222A8D #8D2260

square

#8D8522 #228D50 #222A8D #8D2260

split-complementary

#8D8522 #22608D #50228D

monochromatic

#2A280A #5C5616 #8D8522 #BEB42E #D6CC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8D8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8D8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8522

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8522	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)

#91800E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.116 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a865',
    500: '#8d8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8522;
$custom-light: #b2a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60575,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8522

secondary

#5159B9

accent

#50E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8522

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

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