#8C842E#8C842E

#8C842E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.106 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C842E
RGB	rgb(140, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -7.90, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 46.43, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0257 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.107 104)
XYZ	xyz(19.5604, 22.2760, 5.8536)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C842E #2E368C

analogous

#8C552E #8C842E #658C2E

triadic

#8C842E #2E8C84 #842E8C

tetradic

#8C842E #2E8C55 #2E368C #8C2E65

square

#8C842E #2E8C55 #2E368C #8C2E65

split-complementary

#8C842E #2E658C #552E8C

monochromatic

#302D10 #5E591F #8C842E #BAAF3D #CDC467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8C842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8C842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C842E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C842E	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.106 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a76b',
    500: '#8c842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c842e;
$custom-light: #b0a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60348,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.22275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C842E

secondary

#6269B4

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C842E

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

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