#8D8A40#8D8A40

#8D8A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.096 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A40
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -9.36, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 40.55, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0279 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.096 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9990, 24.2104, 8.4164)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A40 #40438D

analogous

#8D6340 #8D8A40 #6A8D40

triadic

#8D8A40 #408D8A #8A408D

tetradic

#8D8A40 #408D63 #40438D #8D406A

square

#8D8A40 #408D63 #40438D #8D406A

split-complementary

#8D8A40 #406A8D #63408D

monochromatic

#39381A #63612D #8D8A40 #B3AF57 #C6C381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8D8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8D8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A40

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A40	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.096 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac77',
    500: '#8d8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a40;
$custom-light: #b0ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62001,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A40

secondary

#787BB0

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A40

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

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