#8D855E#8D855E

#8D855E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.056 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D855E
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 33.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -3.29, 22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 22.40, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0077 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.056 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3927, 23.2465, 13.9476)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D855E #5E668D

analogous

#8D6D5E #8D855E #7D8D5E

triadic

#8D855E #5E8D85 #855E8D

tetradic

#8D855E #5E8D6D #5E668D #8D5E7D

square

#8D855E #5E8D6D #5E668D #8D5E7D

split-complementary

#8D855E #5E7D8D #6D5E8D

monochromatic

#44402D #686246 #8D855E #A9A27F #C2BDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8D855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8D855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D855E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D855E	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D835B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F865F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.056 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa88c',
    500: '#8d855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d855e;
$custom-light: #afa88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61374,
    "c": 0.05583,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D855E

secondary

#979BB0

accent

#79BD6B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D855E

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

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