#8D8523#8D8523

#8D8523 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.115 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8523
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -8.60, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 51.30, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.029 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.115 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6762, 22.5599, 4.9078)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8523 #232B8D

analogous

#8D5023 #8D8523 #608D23

triadic

#8D8523 #238D85 #85238D

tetradic

#8D8523 #238D50 #232B8D #8D2360

square

#8D8523 #238D50 #232B8D #8D2360

split-complementary

#8D8523 #23608D #50238D

monochromatic

#2B290B #5C5717 #8D8523 #BEB32F #D5CB55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8D8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8D8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8523

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8523	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)

#918010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.115 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a866',
    500: '#8d8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8523;
$custom-light: #b2a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60582,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8523

secondary

#535BB9

accent

#50E344

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8523

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

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