#8C871E#8C871E

#8C871E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C871E
RGB	rgb(140, 135, 30)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -10.36, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 53.74, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0344 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7144, 22.9979, 4.6286)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C871E #1E238C

analogous

#8C501E #8C871E #5A8C1E

triadic

#8C871E #1E8C87 #871E8C

tetradic

#8C871E #1E8C50 #1E238C #8C1E5A

square

#8C871E #1E8C50 #1E238C #8C1E5A

split-complementary

#8C871E #1E5A8C #501E8C

monochromatic

#272608 #5A5613 #8C871E #BEB829 #D9D24C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8C871E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8C871E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C871E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C871E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C871E	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977E73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c871e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 135, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a963',
    500: '#8c871e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c871e;
$custom-light: #b1a963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c871e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60912,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C871E

secondary

#4B50BB

accent

#48E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C871E

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

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