#8D8639#8D8639

#8D8639 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.099 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8639
RGB	rgb(141, 134, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -7.76, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 42.23, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0241 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.099 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2488, 23.0090, 7.2447)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8639 #39408D

analogous

#8D5C39 #8D8639 #6A8D39

triadic

#8D8639 #398D86 #86398D

tetradic

#8D8639 #398D5C #39408D #8D396A

square

#8D8639 #398D5C #39408D #8D396A

split-complementary

#8D8639 #396A8D #5C398D

monochromatic

#363316 #615D27 #8D8639 #B7AE4C #C8C278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8D8639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8D8639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8639

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8639	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)

#918231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 134, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.099 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a972',
    500: '#8d8639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8639;
$custom-light: #b1a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6101,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8639

secondary

#7076B2

accent

#60D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8639

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

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