#8F8440#8F8440

#8F8440 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.090 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8440
RGB	rgb(143, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -5.19, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 38.08, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.016 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.09 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5050, 22.7131, 8.1535)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8440 #404B8F

analogous

#8F5D40 #8F8440 #728F40

triadic

#8F8440 #408F84 #84408F

tetradic

#8F8440 #408F5D #404B8F #8F4072

square

#8F8440 #408F5D #404B8F #8F4072

split-complementary

#8F8440 #40728F #5D408F

monochromatic

#3A361A #655D2D #8F8440 #B4A758 #C7BE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8F8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8F8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8440

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8440	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.090 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a777',
    500: '#8f8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8440;
$custom-light: #b2a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60835,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8440

secondary

#7981B2

accent

#6ACE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F09

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8440

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

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