#8F8540#8F8540

#8F8540 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.091 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8540
RGB	rgb(143, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 55.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -5.74, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 38.49, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0176 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.091 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6413, 22.9856, 8.1989)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8540 #404A8F

analogous

#8F5D40 #8F8540 #718F40

triadic

#8F8540 #408F85 #85408F

tetradic

#8F8540 #408F5D #404A8F #8F4071

square

#8F8540 #408F5D #404A8F #8F4071

split-complementary

#8F8540 #40718F #5D408F

monochromatic

#3A361A #655E2D #8F8540 #B4A958 #C7BE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8F8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8F8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8540

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8540	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.091 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a877',
    500: '#8f8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8540;
$custom-light: #b2a877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61059,
    "c": 0.09103,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8540

secondary

#7980B2

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F09

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8540

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

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