#8C8121#8C8121

#8C8121 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.113 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8121
RGB	rgb(140, 129, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 76.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -6.96, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 50.59, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0245 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.113 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9408, 21.3866, 4.5689)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8121 #212C8C

analogous

#8C4C21 #8C8121 #628C21

triadic

#8C8121 #218C81 #81218C

tetradic

#8C8121 #218C4C #212C8C #8C2162

square

#8C8121 #218C4C #212C8C #8C2162

split-complementary

#8C8121 #21628C #4C218C

monochromatic

#29260A #5A5315 #8C8121 #BEAF2D #D6C851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8C8121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8C8121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8121

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8121	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 129, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.113 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a564',
    500: '#8c8121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8121;
$custom-light: #b1a564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59564,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8121

secondary

#4F5AB9

accent

#54E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8121

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

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