#8C841B#8C841B

#8C841B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.119 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C841B
RGB	rgb(140, 132, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -8.85, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 53.66, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.0304 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.119 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2652, 22.1579, 4.2988)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C841B #1B238C

analogous

#8C4B1B #8C841B #5C8C1B

triadic

#8C841B #1B8C84 #841B8C

tetradic

#8C841B #1B8C4B #1B238C #8C1B5C

square

#8C841B #1B8C4B #1B238C #8C1B5C

split-complementary

#8C841B #1B5C8C #4B1B8C

monochromatic

#252307 #595411 #8C841B #BFB425 #DBD146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8C841B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8C841B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C841B

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C841B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C841B	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c841b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 132, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.119 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a762',
    500: '#8c841b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c841b;
$custom-light: #b1a762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c841b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60209,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C841B

secondary

#464EBD

accent

#4AEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C841B

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

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