#8C812E#8C812E

#8C812E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.104 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C812E
RGB	rgb(140, 129, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -6.25, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 45.29, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0211 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.104 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1594, 21.4740, 5.7199)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C812E #2E398C

analogous

#8C522E #8C812E #688C2E

triadic

#8C812E #2E8C81 #812E8C

tetradic

#8C812E #2E8C52 #2E398C #8C2E68

square

#8C812E #2E8C52 #2E398C #8C2E68

split-complementary

#8C812E #2E688C #522E8C

monochromatic

#302C10 #5E571F #8C812E #BAAB3D #CDC167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8C812E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8C812E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C812E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C812E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C812E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c812e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 129, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.104 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a56b',
    500: '#8c812e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c812e;
$custom-light: #b0a56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c812e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59669,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C812E

secondary

#626BB4

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C812E

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

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