#8D8B2E#8D8B2E

#8D8B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.114 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B2E
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -11.25, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 49.25, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0353 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.114 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7110, 24.3259, 6.1886)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B2E #2E308D

analogous

#8D5C2E #8D8B2E #608D2E

triadic

#8D8B2E #2E8D8B #8B2E8D

tetradic

#8D8B2E #2E8D5C #2E308D #8D2E60

square

#8D8B2E #2E8D5C #2E308D #8D2E60

split-complementary

#8D8B2E #2E608D #5C2E8D

monochromatic

#313010 #5F5E1F #8D8B2E #BBB83D #CECC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8D8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8D8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B2E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B2E	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.114 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac6c',
    500: '#8d8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b2e;
$custom-light: #b1ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B2E

secondary

#6264B5

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B2E

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

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