#8D8659#8D8659

#8D8659 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.063 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8659
RGB	rgb(141, 134, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -4.50, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 25.60, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0115 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.063 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3131, 23.4347, 12.8499)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8659 #59608D

analogous

#8D6C59 #8D8659 #7A8D59

triadic

#8D8659 #598D86 #86598D

tetradic

#8D8659 #598D6C #59608D #8D597A

square

#8D8659 #598D6C #59608D #8D597A

split-complementary

#8D8659 #597A8D #6C598D

monochromatic

#423F2A #676241 #8D8659 #AAA479 #C2BD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8D8659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8D8659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8659

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8659	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 134, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.063 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa988',
    500: '#8d8659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8659;
$custom-light: #afa988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61497,
    "c": 0.06333,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8659

secondary

#9296B0

accent

#74BF69

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8659

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

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