#8C851E#8C851E

#8C851E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.118 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C851E
RGB	rgb(140, 133, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -9.28, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 53.03, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0314 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.118 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4379, 22.4450, 4.5365)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C851E #1E258C

analogous

#8C4E1E #8C851E #5C8C1E

triadic

#8C851E #1E8C85 #851E8C

tetradic

#8C851E #1E8C4E #1E258C #8C1E5C

square

#8C851E #1E8C4E #1E258C #8C1E5C

split-complementary

#8C851E #1E5C8C #4E1E8C

monochromatic

#272508 #5A5513 #8C851E #BEB529 #D9D04C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8C851E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8C851E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C851E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C851E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C851E	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)

#918004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c851e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 133, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.118 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a863',
    500: '#8c851e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c851e;
$custom-light: #b1a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c851e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60455,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C851E

secondary

#4B52BB

accent

#4BE840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C851E

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

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