#8D8A51#8D8A51

#8D8A51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.078 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A51
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 27%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 42.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, -7.66, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 31.81, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0212 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.078 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5586, 24.4343, 11.3636)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A51 #51548D

analogous

#8D6C51 #8D8A51 #728D51

triadic

#8D8A51 #518D8A #8A518D

tetradic

#8D8A51 #518D6C #51548D #8D5172

square

#8D8A51 #518D6C #51548D #8D5172

split-complementary

#8D8A51 #51728D #6C518D

monochromatic

#3F3E24 #66643B #8D8A51 #ACA96F #C3C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8D8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#8D8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A51

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A51	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93864D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.078 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac83',
    500: '#8d8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a51;
$custom-light: #afac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6225,
    "c": 0.07782,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A51

secondary

#8A8CAF

accent

#69C364

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A51

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

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