#8C841E#8C841E

#8C841E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.117 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C841E
RGB	rgb(140, 132, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -8.73, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 52.68, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0298 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.117 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3017, 22.1725, 4.4911)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C841E #1E268C

analogous

#8C4D1E #8C841E #5D8C1E

triadic

#8C841E #1E8C84 #841E8C

tetradic

#8C841E #1E8C4D #1E268C #8C1E5D

square

#8C841E #1E8C4D #1E268C #8C1E5D

split-complementary

#8C841E #1E5D8C #4D1E8C

monochromatic

#272508 #5A5413 #8C841E #BEB429 #D9CE4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8C841E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8C841E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C841E

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C841E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C841E	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#907F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c841e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 132, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.117 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a763',
    500: '#8c841e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c841e;
$custom-light: #b1a763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c841e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60227,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C841E

secondary

#4B53BB

accent

#4CE840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C841E

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

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