#8D8B4E#8D8B4E

#8D8B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.083 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B4E
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 44.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -8.54, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 33.87, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.024 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.083 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5927, 24.6785, 10.8322)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B4E #4E508D

analogous

#8D6B4E #8D8B4E #6F8D4E

triadic

#8D8B4E #4E8D8B #8B4E8D

tetradic

#8D8B4E #4E8D6B #4E508D #8D4E6F

square

#8D8B4E #4E8D6B #4E508D #8D4E6F

split-complementary

#8D8B4E #4E6F8D #6B4E8D

monochromatic

#3E3D22 #666438 #8D8B4E #ADAB6B #C3C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8D8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8D8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B4E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B4E	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.083 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac81',
    500: '#8d8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b4e;
$custom-light: #afac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62427,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B4E

secondary

#8789AF

accent

#66C563

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4EE

border

#CFCEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B4E

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

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