#8C8223#8C8223

#8C8223 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.112 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8223
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 75%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -7.41, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 50.19, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0256 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.112 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1021, 21.6629, 4.7649)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8223 #232D8C

analogous

#8C4E23 #8C8223 #628C23

triadic

#8C8223 #238C82 #82238C

tetradic

#8C8223 #238C4E #232D8C #8C2362

square

#8C8223 #238C4E #232D8C #8C2362

split-complementary

#8C8223 #23628C #4E238C

monochromatic

#2A270B #5B5517 #8C8223 #BDAF2F #D4C855

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8C8223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8C8223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8223

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8223	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)

#8E7E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.112 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a665',
    500: '#8c8223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8223;
$custom-light: #b1a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59805,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8223

secondary

#525CB8

accent

#54E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8223

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

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