#8D8D4E#8D8D4E

#8D8D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.085 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D4E
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -9.62, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 34.84, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0271 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.085 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8849, 25.2630, 10.9296)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D4E #4E4E8D

analogous

#8D6D4E #8D8D4E #6D8D4E

triadic

#8D8D4E #4E8D8D #8D4E8D

tetradic

#8D8D4E #4E8D6D #4E4E8D #8D4E6D

square

#8D8D4E #4E8D6D #4E4E8D #8D4E6D

split-complementary

#8D8D4E #4E6D8D #6D4E8D

monochromatic

#3E3E22 #666638 #8D8D4E #ADAD6B #C3C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8D8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8D8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D4E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D4E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.085 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae81',
    500: '#8d8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d4e;
$custom-light: #b0ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6288,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D4E

secondary

#8787AF

accent

#63C563

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4EE

border

#CFCEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D4E

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

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