#8C8331#8C8331

#8C8331 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.103 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8331
RGB	rgb(140, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 65%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -7.15, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 44.71, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0233 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.103 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4866, 22.0305, 6.1310)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8331 #313A8C

analogous

#8C5631 #8C8331 #688C31

triadic

#8C8331 #318C83 #83318C

tetradic

#8C8331 #318C56 #313A8C #8C3168

square

#8C8331 #318C56 #313A8C #8C3168

split-complementary

#8C8331 #31688C #56318C

monochromatic

#312E11 #5F5921 #8C8331 #B9AD41 #CCC26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8C8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8C8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8331

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8331	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.103 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a66d',
    500: '#8c8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8331;
$custom-light: #b0a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6015,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8331

secondary

#666DB3

accent

#5DD850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8331

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

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