#8C8564#8C8564

#8C8564 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.048 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8564
RGB	rgb(140, 133, 100)
HSL	hsl(50, 17%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 28.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, -2.88, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 19.00, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0063 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.048 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5031, 23.2711, 15.4131)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8564 #646B8C

analogous

#8C7164 #8C8564 #7F8C64

triadic

#8C8564 #648C85 #85648C

tetradic

#8C8564 #648C71 #646B8C #8C647F

square

#8C8564 #648C71 #646B8C #8C647F

split-complementary

#8C8564 #647F8C #71648C

monochromatic

#454131 #68634B #8C8564 #A8A285 #C2BDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8C8564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8C8564 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8564

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8564	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 133, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.048 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea890',
    500: '#8c8564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8564;
$custom-light: #aea890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61409,
    "c": 0.04781,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8564

secondary

#9C9FB0

accent

#7CB96E

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8564

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

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