#8D8D50#8D8D50

#8D8D50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.083 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D50
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -9.40, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 33.79, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0263 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.083 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9577, 25.2921, 11.3130)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D50 #50508D

analogous

#8D6E50 #8D8D50 #6E8D50

triadic

#8D8D50 #508D8D #8D508D

tetradic

#8D8D50 #508D6E #50508D #8D506E

square

#8D8D50 #508D6E #50508D #8D506E

split-complementary

#8D8D50 #506E8D #6E508D

monochromatic

#3F3F24 #66663A #8D8D50 #ADAD6E #C3C395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8D8D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8D8D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D50

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D50	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96884B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.083 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae82',
    500: '#8d8d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d50;
$custom-light: #afae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62912,
    "c": 0.08267,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D50

secondary

#8989AF

accent

#64C464

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D50

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

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