#8D8D53#8D8D53

#8D8D53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.079 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D53
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -9.07, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 32.21, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0251 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.079 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0710, 25.3375, 11.9099)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D53 #53538D

analogous

#8D7053 #8D8D53 #708D53

triadic

#8D8D53 #538D8D #8D538D

tetradic

#8D8D53 #538D70 #53538D #8D5370

square

#8D8D53 #538D70 #53538D #8D5370

split-complementary

#8D8D53 #53708D #70538D

monochromatic

#404026 #66663C #8D8D53 #ACAC71 #C2C298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8D8D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8D8D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D53

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D53	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96894E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.079 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae84',
    500: '#8d8d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d53;
$custom-light: #afae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62961,
    "c": 0.07915,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D53

secondary

#8C8CB0

accent

#66C266

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D53

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

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