#8C7828#8C7828

#8C7828 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.101 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C7828
RGB	rgb(140, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 71.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, -1.58, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 44.87, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0085 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.101 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9156, 19.1626, 4.7622)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C7828 #283C8C

analogous

#8C4628 #8C7828 #6E8C28

triadic

#8C7828 #288C78 #78288C

tetradic

#8C7828 #288C46 #283C8C #8C286E

square

#8C7828 #288C46 #283C8C #8C286E

split-complementary

#8C7828 #286E8C #46288C

monochromatic

#2D260D #5C4F1A #8C7828 #BCA136 #D1BA5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8C7828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8C7828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C7828

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C7828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C7828	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85761D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c7828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.101 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19e67',
    500: '#8c7828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c7828;
$custom-light: #b19e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c7828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57603,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C7828

secondary

#5A6CB6

accent

#67DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C7828

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

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