#8C8362#8C8362

#8C8362 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.048 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8362
RGB	rgb(140, 131, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 18%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 30%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 30%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -2.04, 19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 19.22, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0039 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.048 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1363, 22.6904, 14.8192)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8362 #626B8C

analogous

#8C6E62 #8C8362 #808C62

triadic

#8C8362 #628C83 #83628C

tetradic

#8C8362 #628C6E #626B8C #8C6280

square

#8C8362 #628C6E #626B8C #8C6280

split-complementary

#8C8362 #62808C #6E628C

monochromatic

#444030 #686149 #8C8362 #A8A083 #C1BCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8C8362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8C8362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8362

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8362	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 131, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.048 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea78f',
    500: '#8c8362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8362;
$custom-light: #aea78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60924,
    "c": 0.0483,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8362

secondary

#9A9FB0

accent

#7EBA6D

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8362

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

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