#8D8536#8D8536

#8D8536 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.101 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8536
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 61.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -7.44, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 43.24, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0236 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.101 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0386, 22.7048, 6.8162)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8536 #363E8D

analogous

#8D5936 #8D8536 #698D36

triadic

#8D8536 #368D85 #85368D

tetradic

#8D8536 #368D59 #363E8D #8D3669

square

#8D8536 #368D59 #363E8D #8D3669

split-complementary

#8D8536 #36698D #59368D

monochromatic

#343214 #615B25 #8D8536 #B9AE47 #CAC274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8D8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8D8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8536

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8536	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90812D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.101 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a870',
    500: '#8d8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8536;
$custom-light: #b1a870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6075,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8536

secondary

#6D73B2

accent

#5FD453

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8536

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

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