#8C8221#8C8221

#8C8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.114 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8221
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 76.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -7.51, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 50.93, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0261 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.114 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0732, 21.6513, 4.6130)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8221 #212B8C

analogous

#8C4D21 #8C8221 #618C21

triadic

#8C8221 #218C82 #82218C

tetradic

#8C8221 #218C4D #212B8C #8C2161

square

#8C8221 #218C4D #212B8C #8C2161

split-complementary

#8C8221 #21618C #4D218C

monochromatic

#29260A #5A5415 #8C8221 #BEB02D #D6CA51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8C8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8C8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8221

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8221	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)

#8E7E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.114 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a664',
    500: '#8c8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8221;
$custom-light: #b1a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59791,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8221

secondary

#4F59B9

accent

#52E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8221

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

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