#8C8232#8C8232

#8C8232 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.101 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8232
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 64.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -6.53, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 43.87, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0214 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.101 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3743, 21.7718, 6.1988)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8232 #323C8C

analogous

#8C5532 #8C8232 #698C32

triadic

#8C8232 #328C82 #82328C

tetradic

#8C8232 #328C55 #323C8C #8C3269

square

#8C8232 #328C55 #323C8C #8C3269

split-complementary

#8C8232 #32698C #55328C

monochromatic

#322E12 #5F5822 #8C8232 #B9AC42 #CBC16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8C8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8C8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8232

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8232	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.101 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a66e',
    500: '#8c8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8232;
$custom-light: #b0a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59935,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8232

secondary

#676FB3

accent

#60D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8232

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

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