#8D8A52#8D8A52

#8D8A52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.077 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A52
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 41.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -7.54, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 31.27, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0208 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.077 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5963, 24.4494, 11.5626)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A52 #52558D

analogous

#8D6C52 #8D8A52 #728D52

triadic

#8D8A52 #528D8A #8A528D

tetradic

#8D8A52 #528D6C #52558D #8D5272

square

#8D8A52 #528D6C #52558D #8D5272

split-complementary

#8D8A52 #52728D #6C528D

monochromatic

#403E25 #66643B #8D8A52 #ACA970 #C2C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8D8A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#8D8A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A52

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A52	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)

#93864E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.077 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac83',
    500: '#8d8a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a52;
$custom-light: #afac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62267,
    "c": 0.07663,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A52

secondary

#8B8DAF

accent

#6AC365

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A52

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

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