#8D8A42#8D8A42

#8D8A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.094 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A42
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 53.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -9.18, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 39.56, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0271 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.094 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0569, 24.2336, 8.7215)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A42 #42458D

analogous

#8D6442 #8D8A42 #6A8D42

triadic

#8D8A42 #428D8A #8A428D

tetradic

#8D8A42 #428D64 #42458D #8D426A

square

#8D8A42 #428D64 #42458D #8D426A

split-complementary

#8D8A42 #426A8D #64428D

monochromatic

#3A381B #63612E #8D8A42 #B2AE5A #C5C384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8D8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8D8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A42

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A42	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.094 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac78',
    500: '#8d8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a42;
$custom-light: #b0ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62027,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A42

secondary

#7B7DB0

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A42

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

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