#8D8735#8D8735

#8D8735 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.104 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8735
RGB	rgb(141, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -8.61, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 44.52, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.027 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.104 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2918, 23.2484, 6.7860)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8735 #353B8D

analogous

#8D5B35 #8D8735 #678D35

triadic

#8D8735 #358D87 #87358D

tetradic

#8D8735 #358D5B #353B8D #8D3567

square

#8D8735 #358D5B #353B8D #8D3567

split-complementary

#8D8735 #35678D #5B358D

monochromatic

#343214 #615C24 #8D8735 #B9B246 #CAC472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8D8735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8D8735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8735

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8735	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)

#92822C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.104 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a970',
    500: '#8d8735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8735;
$custom-light: #b1a970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61192,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8735

secondary

#6B70B2

accent

#5CD553

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8735

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

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