#8C8666#8C8666

#8C8666 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.046 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8666
RGB	rgb(140, 134, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 16%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 27.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -3.15, 18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 18.36, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.007 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.046 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7387, 23.5854, 15.9751)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8666 #666C8C

analogous

#8C7366 #8C8666 #7F8C66

triadic

#8C8666 #668C86 #86668C

tetradic

#8C8666 #668C73 #666C8C #8C667F

square

#8C8666 #668C73 #666C8C #8C667F

split-complementary

#8C8666 #667F8C #73668C

monochromatic

#454232 #69644C #8C8666 #A8A387 #C2BEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8C8666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8C8666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8666

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8666	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 134, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.046 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea991',
    500: '#8c8666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8666;
$custom-light: #aea991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61675,
    "c": 0.04627,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8666

secondary

#9DA0B1

accent

#7BB86F

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0D

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8666

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

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