#8D8A57#8D8A57

#8D8A57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.071 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A57
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 24%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 38.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, -6.95, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 28.59, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0187 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.071 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7936, 24.5283, 12.6014)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A57 #575A8D

analogous

#8D6F57 #8D8A57 #758D57

triadic

#8D8A57 #578D8A #8A578D

tetradic

#8D8A57 #578D6F #575A8D #8D5775

square

#8D8A57 #578D6F #575A8D #8D5775

split-complementary

#8D8A57 #57758D #6F578D

monochromatic

#414028 #676540 #8D8A57 #ABA876 #C2C09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8D8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8D8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A57

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A57	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.071 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac87',
    500: '#8d8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a57;
$custom-light: #afac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 23.684,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62354,
    "c": 0.07055,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A57

secondary

#9092B0

accent

#6DC068

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A57

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

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