#8C8235#8C8235

#8C8235 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.099 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8235
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 62.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -6.32, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 42.47, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0204 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.099 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4412, 21.7985, 6.5509)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8235 #353F8C

analogous

#8C5635 #8C8235 #6B8C35

triadic

#8C8235 #358C82 #82358C

tetradic

#8C8235 #358C56 #353F8C #8C356B

square

#8C8235 #358C56 #353F8C #8C356B

split-complementary

#8C8235 #356B8C #56358C

monochromatic

#333013 #605924 #8C8235 #B8AB46 #CABF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8C8235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8C8235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8235

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8235	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.099 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a670',
    500: '#8c8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8235;
$custom-light: #b0a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59966,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8235

secondary

#6B73B2

accent

#62D553

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8235

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

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