#8D855B#8D855B

#8D855B is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.060 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D855B
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 35.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -3.69, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 24.05, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.009 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.06 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2606, 23.1937, 13.2524)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D855B #5B638D

analogous

#8D6C5B #8D855B #7C8D5B

triadic

#8D855B #5B8D85 #855B8D

tetradic

#8D855B #5B8D6C #5B638D #8D5B7C

square

#8D855B #5B8D6C #5B638D #8D5B7C

split-complementary

#8D855B #5B7C8D #6C5B8D

monochromatic

#433F2B #686243 #8D855B #AAA27B #C2BDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8D855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8D855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D855B

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D855B	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#8D8358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F865D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.060 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa88a',
    500: '#8d855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d855b;
$custom-light: #afa88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61313,
    "c": 0.05968,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D855B

secondary

#9498B0

accent

#77BE6A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D855B

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

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