#8D8A48#8D8A48

#8D8A48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.088 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A48
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 48.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -8.61, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 36.52, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0248 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.088 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2432, 24.3081, 9.7025)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A48 #484B8D

analogous

#8D6848 #8D8A48 #6E8D48

triadic

#8D8A48 #488D8A #8A488D

tetradic

#8D8A48 #488D68 #484B8D #8D486E

square

#8D8A48 #488D68 #484B8D #8D486E

split-complementary

#8D8A48 #486E8D #68488D

monochromatic

#3C3B1F #646233 #8D8A48 #AFAC63 #C4C28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8D8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8D8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A48

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A48	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.088 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac7c',
    500: '#8d8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a48;
$custom-light: #b0ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6211,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A48

secondary

#8183B0

accent

#64C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A48

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

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