#8C8522#8C8522

#8C8522 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.116 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8522
RGB	rgb(140, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 75.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -9.10, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 51.63, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0305 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.116 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4923, 22.4668, 4.8228)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8522 #22298C

analogous

#8C5022 #8C8522 #5E8C22

triadic

#8C8522 #228C85 #85228C

tetradic

#8C8522 #228C50 #22298C #8C225E

square

#8C8522 #228C50 #22298C #8C225E

split-complementary

#8C8522 #225E8C #50228C

monochromatic

#2A270A #5B5616 #8C8522 #BDB42E #D5CD53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8C8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8C8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8522

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8522	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#91800E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.116 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a865',
    500: '#8c8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8522;
$custom-light: #b1a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6048,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8522

secondary

#5158B9

accent

#4EE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8522

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

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