#8F8549#8F8549

#8F8549 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.081 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8549
RGB	rgb(143, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 49%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -4.89, 33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 33.87, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0142 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.081 100)
XYZ	xyz(20.9184, 23.0965, 9.6582)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8549 #49538F

analogous

#8F6249 #8F8549 #768F49

triadic

#8F8549 #498F85 #85498F

tetradic

#8F8549 #498F62 #49538F #8F4976

square

#8F8549 #498F62 #49538F #8F4976

split-complementary

#8F8549 #49768F #62498F

monochromatic

#3E3A20 #665F34 #8F8549 #B0A665 #C5BD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8F8549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8F8549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8549

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8549	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92864C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.081 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a87d',
    500: '#8f8549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8549;
$custom-light: #b1a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 32.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61186,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.23096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8549

secondary

#838AB1

accent

#6EC95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#110F0A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8549

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

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