#8C821E#8C821E

#8C821E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.115 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C821E
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -7.64, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 51.99, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0267 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.115 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0331, 21.6353, 4.4015)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C821E #1E288C

analogous

#8C4B1E #8C821E #5F8C1E

triadic

#8C821E #1E8C82 #821E8C

tetradic

#8C821E #1E8C4B #1E288C #8C1E5F

square

#8C821E #1E8C4B #1E288C #8C1E5F

split-complementary

#8C821E #1E5F8C #4B1E8C

monochromatic

#272408 #5A5313 #8C821E #BEB129 #D9CC4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8C821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8C821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C821E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C821E	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.115 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a663',
    500: '#8c821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c821e;
$custom-light: #b1a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59772,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C821E

secondary

#4B55BB

accent

#4FE840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C821E

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

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