#8D8A50#8D8A50

#8D8A50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.079 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A50
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 43.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -7.77, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 32.34, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0216 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.079 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5213, 24.4194, 11.1676)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A50 #50538D

analogous

#8D6B50 #8D8A50 #718D50

triadic

#8D8A50 #508D8A #8A508D

tetradic

#8D8A50 #508D6B #50538D #8D5071

square

#8D8A50 #508D6B #50538D #8D5071

split-complementary

#8D8A50 #50718D #6B508D

monochromatic

#3F3E24 #66643A #8D8A50 #ADA96E #C3C095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8D8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8D8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A50

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A50	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)

#93864B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.079 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac82',
    500: '#8d8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a50;
$custom-light: #afac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62233,
    "c": 0.07899,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A50

secondary

#898BAF

accent

#69C464

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A50

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

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