#8C821B#8C821B

#8C821B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.117 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C821B
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, -7.76, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 52.98, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0274 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.117 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9966, 21.6207, 4.2093)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C821B #1B258C

analogous

#8C491B #8C821B #5E8C1B

triadic

#8C821B #1B8C82 #821B8C

tetradic

#8C821B #1B8C49 #1B258C #8C1B5E

square

#8C821B #1B8C49 #1B258C #8C1B5E

split-complementary

#8C821B #1B5E8C #491B8C

monochromatic

#252307 #595211 #8C821B #BFB225 #DBCE46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8C821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8C821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C821B

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C821B	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.117 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a661',
    500: '#8c821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c821b;
$custom-light: #b1a661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59754,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C821B

secondary

#4650BD

accent

#4DEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C821B

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

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