#8C851A#8C851A

#8C851A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.120 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C851A
RGB	rgb(140, 133, 26)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -9.44, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 54.31, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% -0.0321 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.12 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3901, 22.4259, 4.2843)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C851A #1A218C

analogous

#8C4C1A #8C851A #5A8C1A

triadic

#8C851A #1A8C85 #851A8C

tetradic

#8C851A #1A8C4C #1A218C #8C1A5A

square

#8C851A #1A8C4C #1A218C #8C1A5A

split-complementary

#8C851A #1A5A8C #4C1A8C

monochromatic

#252307 #585410 #8C851A #C0B624 #DCD344

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8C851A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8C851A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C851A

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C851A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C851A	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c851a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 133, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.120 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a861',
    500: '#8c851a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c851a;
$custom-light: #b1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c851a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60432,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C851A

secondary

#444CBE

accent

#47EC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C851A

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

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