#8C8355#8C8355

#8C8355 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.065 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8355
RGB	rgb(140, 131, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 39.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -3.75, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 26.37, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0096 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.065 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5716, 22.4645, 11.8450)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8355 #555E8C

analogous

#8C6855 #8C8355 #7A8C55

triadic

#8C8355 #558C83 #83558C

tetradic

#8C8355 #558C68 #555E8C #8C557A

square

#8C8355 #558C68 #555E8C #8C557A

split-complementary

#8C8355 #557A8C #68558C

monochromatic

#403C27 #665F3E #8C8355 #AAA274 #C2BB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8C8355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8C8355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8355

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8355	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 131, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.065 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea685',
    500: '#8c8355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8355;
$custom-light: #aea685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60661,
    "c": 0.06492,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8355

secondary

#8E93AF

accent

#76C167

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8355

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

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