#8D8B2A#8D8B2A

#8D8B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B2A
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -11.48, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 50.89, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0364 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.117 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6358, 24.2958, 5.7926)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B2A #2A2C8D

analogous

#8D592A #8D8B2A #5D8D2A

triadic

#8D8B2A #2A8D8B #8B2A8D

tetradic

#8D8B2A #2A8D59 #2A2C8D #8D2A5D

square

#8D8B2A #2A8D59 #2A2C8D #8D2A5D

split-complementary

#8D8B2A #2A5D8D #592A8D

monochromatic

#2F2E0E #5E5D1C #8D8B2A #BCB938 #D0CE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8D8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8D8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B2A

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B2A	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac6a',
    500: '#8d8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b2a;
$custom-light: #b1ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62004,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B2A

secondary

#5D5FB6

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B2A

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

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