#8D8A55#8D8A55

#8D8A55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.073 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A55
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 39.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, -7.20, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 29.67, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0195 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.073 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7130, 24.4961, 12.1770)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A55 #55588D

analogous

#8D6E55 #8D8A55 #748D55

triadic

#8D8A55 #558D8A #8A558D

tetradic

#8D8A55 #558D6E #55588D #8D5574

square

#8D8A55 #558D6E #55588D #8D5574

split-complementary

#8D8A55 #55748D #6E558D

monochromatic

#413F27 #67653E #8D8A55 #ABA874 #C2C09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8D8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8D8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A55

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A55	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.073 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac85',
    500: '#8d8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a55;
$custom-light: #afac85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62318,
    "c": 0.07301,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A55

secondary

#8E90B0

accent

#6BC167

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A55

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

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