#8C8A26#8C8A26

#8C8A26 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.118 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A26
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 72.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, -11.61, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 52.03, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0371 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.118 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2543, 23.8930, 5.3782)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A26 #26288C

analogous

#8C5726 #8C8A26 #5B8C26

triadic

#8C8A26 #268C8A #8A268C

tetradic

#8C8A26 #268C57 #26288C #8C265B

square

#8C8A26 #268C57 #26288C #8C265B

split-complementary

#8C8A26 #265B8C #57268C

monochromatic

#2C2B0C #5C5B19 #8C8A26 #BCB933 #D2D05A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8C8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8C8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A26

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A26	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.118 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab68',
    500: '#8c8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a26;
$custom-light: #b1ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61653,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A26

secondary

#5759B7

accent

#4AE147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A26

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

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