#8C831F#8C831F

#8C831F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.116 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C831F
RGB	rgb(140, 131, 31)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -8.15, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 51.99, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0281 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.116 104)
XYZ	xyz(19.1797, 21.9078, 4.5144)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C831F #1F288C

analogous

#8C4C1F #8C831F #5E8C1F

triadic

#8C831F #1F8C83 #831F8C

tetradic

#8C831F #1F8C4C #1F288C #8C1F5E

square

#8C831F #1F8C4C #1F288C #8C1F5E

split-complementary

#8C831F #1F5E8C #4C1F8C

monochromatic

#282509 #5A5414 #8C831F #BEB22A #D8CC4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8C831F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8C831F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C831F

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C831F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C831F	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#8F7E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c831f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 131, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.116 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a663',
    500: '#8c831f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c831f;
$custom-light: #b1a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c831f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60005,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.21907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C831F

secondary

#4C55BB

accent

#4FE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C831F

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

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