#8F8459#8F8459

#8F8459 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.061 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8459
RGB	rgb(143, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 37.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -2.54, 24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 24.87, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0059 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.061 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3825, 23.0641, 12.7747)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8459 #59648F

analogous

#8F6959 #8F8459 #7F8F59

triadic

#8F8459 #598F84 #84598F

tetradic

#8F8459 #598F69 #59648F #8F597F

square

#8F8459 #598F69 #59648F #8F597F

split-complementary

#8F8459 #597F8F #69598F

monochromatic

#443E2A #696142 #8F8459 #ACA279 #C3BC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8F8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8F8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8459

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8459	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F865B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.061 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a788',
    500: '#8f8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8459;
$custom-light: #b1a788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 23.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6124,
    "c": 0.06147,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8459

secondary

#9399B1

accent

#7AC068

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#110F0B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8459

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

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