#8C811B#8C811B

#8C811B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.116 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C811B
RGB	rgb(140, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -7.21, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 52.65, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0258 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.116 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8642, 21.3559, 4.1652)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C811B #1B268C

analogous

#8C481B #8C811B #5F8C1B

triadic

#8C811B #1B8C81 #811B8C

tetradic

#8C811B #1B8C48 #1B268C #8C1B5F

square

#8C811B #1B8C48 #1B268C #8C1B5F

split-complementary

#8C811B #1B5F8C #481B8C

monochromatic

#252207 #595211 #8C811B #BFB025 #DBCD46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8C811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8C811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C811B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C811B	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.116 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a561',
    500: '#8c811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c811b;
$custom-light: #b1a561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59527,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C811B

secondary

#4651BD

accent

#4EEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C811B

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

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