#8C851F#8C851F

#8C851F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.118 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C851F
RGB	rgb(140, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -9.24, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 52.69, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0311 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.118 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4509, 22.4502, 4.6048)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C851F #1F268C

analogous

#8C4E1F #8C851F #5C8C1F

triadic

#8C851F #1F8C85 #851F8C

tetradic

#8C851F #1F8C4E #1F268C #8C1F5C

square

#8C851F #1F8C4E #1F268C #8C1F5C

split-complementary

#8C851F #1F5C8C #4E1F8C

monochromatic

#282609 #5A5514 #8C851F #BEB52A #D8CF4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8C851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8C851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C851F

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C851F	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)

#918007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.118 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a864',
    500: '#8c851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c851f;
$custom-light: #b1a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60461,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C851F

secondary

#4C53BB

accent

#4CE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C851F

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

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