#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
RGBrgb(140, 131, 85)
HSLhsl(50, 24%, 44%)
HSVhsv(50, 39%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.4%, 39.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(54.52, -3.75, 26.11)
CIE-LCHlch(54.52, 26.37, 98.17°)
OKLaboklab(60.66% -0.0096 0.0642)
OKLCHoklch(60.66% 0.065 98.5)
XYZxyz(20.5716, 22.4645, 11.8450)
Luminance0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##8C83551.003.825.495.49
#FFFFFF3.821.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4921.001.001.00
##0000005.4921.001.001.00

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

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#8C8355 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva