#8C8229#8C8229

#8C8229 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.108 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8229
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 70.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -7.10, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 47.81, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.0241 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.108 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1989, 21.7016, 5.2749)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8229 #29338C

analogous

#8C5029 #8C8229 #658C29

triadic

#8C8229 #298C82 #82298C

tetradic

#8C8229 #298C50 #29338C #8C2965

square

#8C8229 #298C50 #29338C #8C2965

split-complementary

#8C8229 #29658C #50298C

monochromatic

#2D2A0D #5D561B #8C8229 #BBAE37 #D0C55F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8C8229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#8C8229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8229

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8229	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.108 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a668',
    500: '#8c8229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8229;
$custom-light: #b1a668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 54.696,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59851,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8229

secondary

#5B64B6

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8229

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

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