#8D8A4E#8D8A4E

#8D8A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.081 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A4E
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 44.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -7.99, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 33.39, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0224 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.081 106)
XYZ	xyz(21.4485, 24.3903, 10.7842)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A4E #4E518D

analogous

#8D6A4E #8D8A4E #708D4E

triadic

#8D8A4E #4E8D8A #8A4E8D

tetradic

#8D8A4E #4E8D6A #4E518D #8D4E70

square

#8D8A4E #4E8D6A #4E518D #8D4E70

split-complementary

#8D8A4E #4E708D #6A4E8D

monochromatic

#3E3D22 #666338 #8D8A4E #ADAA6B #C3C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8D8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8D8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A4E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A4E	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.081 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac81',
    500: '#8d8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a4e;
$custom-light: #afac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62201,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.2439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A4E

secondary

#8789AF

accent

#67C563

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4EE

border

#CFCEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A4E

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

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