#8F8A42#8F8A42

#8F8A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.094 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8A42
RGB	rgb(143, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 53.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -8.31, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 39.61, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0247 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.094 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4001, 24.4106, 8.7376)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8A42 #42478F

analogous

#8F6342 #8F8A42 #6D8F42

triadic

#8F8A42 #428F8A #8A428F

tetradic

#8F8A42 #428F63 #42478F #8F426D

square

#8F8A42 #428F63 #42478F #8F426D

split-complementary

#8F8A42 #426D8F #63428F

monochromatic

#3B391B #65622F #8F8A42 #B3AE5B #C7C285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8F8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8F8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8A42

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8A42	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94863B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.094 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac78',
    500: '#8f8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8a42;
$custom-light: #b2ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.104,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62209,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8A42

secondary

#7B7FB1

accent

#62CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8A42

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

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