#8D8637#8D8637

#8D8637 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.101 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8637
RGB	rgb(141, 134, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -7.92, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 43.18, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0248 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.101 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1999, 22.9895, 6.9871)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8637 #373E8D

analogous

#8D5B37 #8D8637 #698D37

triadic

#8D8637 #378D86 #86378D

tetradic

#8D8637 #378D5B #373E8D #8D3769

square

#8D8637 #378D5B #373E8D #8D3769

split-complementary

#8D8637 #37698D #5B378D

monochromatic

#353215 #615C26 #8D8637 #B8AF49 #C9C275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8D8637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8D8637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8637

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8637	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91822E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 134, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.101 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a971',
    500: '#8d8637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8637;
$custom-light: #b1a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60987,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8637

secondary

#6E73B2

accent

#5FD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8637

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

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