#8C835F#8C835F

#8C835F is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.052 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C835F
RGB	rgb(140, 131, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 19%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 32%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 32.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -2.46, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 20.88, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0052 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.052 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9973, 22.6348, 14.0871)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C835F #5F688C

analogous

#8C6C5F #8C835F #7E8C5F

triadic

#8C835F #5F8C83 #835F8C

tetradic

#8C835F #5F8C6C #5F688C #8C5F7E

square

#8C835F #5F8C6C #5F688C #8C5F7E

split-complementary

#8C835F #5F7E8C #6C5F8C

monochromatic

#433F2E #686146 #8C835F #A9A080 #C1BBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8C835F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8C835F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C835F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C835F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C835F	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A815D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c835f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 131, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.052 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea78c',
    500: '#8c835f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c835f;
$custom-light: #aea78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c835f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60859,
    "c": 0.05221,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C835F

secondary

#979CB0

accent

#7CBC6C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C835F

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

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