#8C845E#8C845E

#8C845E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.055 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C845E
RGB	rgb(140, 132, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 32.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -3.15, 21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 21.87, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0073 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.055 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0871, 22.8867, 13.8943)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C845E #5E668C

analogous

#8C6D5E #8C845E #7D8C5E

triadic

#8C845E #5E8C84 #845E8C

tetradic

#8C845E #5E8C6D #5E668C #8C5E7D

square

#8C845E #5E8C6D #5E668C #8C5E7D

split-complementary

#8C845E #5E7D8C #6D5E8C

monochromatic

#433F2D #676145 #8C845E #A9A17E #C1BCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8C845E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8C845E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C845E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C845E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C845E	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B825B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c845e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 132, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.055 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea78c',
    500: '#8c845e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c845e;
$custom-light: #aea78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c845e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 19.658,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6106,
    "c": 0.05459,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C845E

secondary

#969BB0

accent

#7ABC6C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C845E

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

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