#8D8538#8D8538

#8D8538 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.099 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8538
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -7.29, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 42.30, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.0229 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.099 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0865, 22.7240, 7.0687)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8538 #38408D

analogous

#8D5A38 #8D8538 #6A8D38

triadic

#8D8538 #388D85 #85388D

tetradic

#8D8538 #388D5A #38408D #8D386A

square

#8D8538 #388D5A #38408D #8D386A

split-complementary

#8D8538 #386A8D #5A388D

monochromatic

#353215 #615C27 #8D8538 #B7AD4B #C9C177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8D8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8D8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8538

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8538	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)

#908130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.099 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a872',
    500: '#8d8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8538;
$custom-light: #b1a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.353,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60772,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8538

secondary

#6F75B2

accent

#61D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8538

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

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