#8D8656#8D8656

#8D8656 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.067 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8656
RGB	rgb(141, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 24%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 39%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -4.87, 26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 27.24, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0128 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.067 101)
XYZ	xyz(21.1897, 23.3854, 12.1999)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8656 #565D8D

analogous

#8D6B56 #8D8656 #798D56

triadic

#8D8656 #568D86 #86568D

tetradic

#8D8656 #568D6B #565D8D #8D5679

square

#8D8656 #568D6B #565D8D #8D5679

split-complementary

#8D8656 #56798D #6B568D

monochromatic

#413E28 #67623F #8D8656 #ABA475 #C2BD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8D8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8D8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8656

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8656	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.067 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa986',
    500: '#8d8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8656;
$custom-light: #afa986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6144,
    "c": 0.06708,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.23385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8656

secondary

#8F93B0

accent

#73C167

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8656

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

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