#8C831B#8C831B

#8C831B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.118 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C831B
RGB	rgb(140, 131, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -8.31, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 53.32, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0289 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.118 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1302, 21.8880, 4.2538)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C831B #1B248C

analogous

#8C4A1B #8C831B #5D8C1B

triadic

#8C831B #1B8C83 #831B8C

tetradic

#8C831B #1B8C4A #1B248C #8C1B5D

square

#8C831B #1B8C4A #1B248C #8C1B5D

split-complementary

#8C831B #1B5D8C #4A1B8C

monochromatic

#252307 #595311 #8C831B #BFB325 #DBCF46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8C831B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8C831B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C831B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C831B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C831B	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c831b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 131, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.118 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a662',
    500: '#8c831b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c831b;
$custom-light: #b1a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c831b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59982,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C831B

secondary

#464FBD

accent

#4BEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C831B

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

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