#8D8D59#8D8D59

#8D8D59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.072 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D59
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -8.35, 27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 29.00, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0226 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.072 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3128, 25.4342, 13.1831)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D59 #59598D

analogous

#8D7359 #8D8D59 #738D59

triadic

#8D8D59 #598D8D #8D598D

tetradic

#8D8D59 #598D73 #59598D #8D5973

square

#8D8D59 #598D73 #59598D #8D5973

split-complementary

#8D8D59 #59738D #73598D

monochromatic

#42422A #676741 #8D8D59 #AAAA79 #C2C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8D8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8D8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D59

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D59	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.072 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae88',
    500: '#8d8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d59;
$custom-light: #afae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63066,
    "c": 0.07185,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D59

secondary

#9292B0

accent

#69BF69

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D59

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

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