#8D855A#8D855A

#8D855A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.061 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D855A
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 36.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -3.82, 24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 24.60, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0094 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.061 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2178, 23.1765, 13.0267)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D855A #5A628D

analogous

#8D6B5A #8D855A #7B8D5A

triadic

#8D855A #5A8D85 #855A8D

tetradic

#8D855A #5A8D6B #5A628D #8D5A7B

square

#8D855A #5A8D6B #5A628D #8D5A7B

split-complementary

#8D855A #5A7B8D #6B5A8D

monochromatic

#423F2A #686242 #8D855A #AAA37A #C2BD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8D855A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8D855A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D855A

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D855A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D855A	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F865C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d855a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.061 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa889',
    500: '#8d855a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d855a;
$custom-light: #afa889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d855a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 22.078,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61294,
    "c": 0.06095,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D855A

secondary

#9397B0

accent

#77BF69

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D855A

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

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