#8C8A28#8C8A28

#8C8A28 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.117 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A28
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 71.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -11.51, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 51.27, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0366 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.117 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2874, 23.9063, 5.5528)
Luminance	0.2391 (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

#8C8A28 #282A8C

analogous

#8C5828 #8C8A28 #5C8C28

triadic

#8C8A28 #288C8A #8A288C

tetradic

#8C8A28 #288C58 #282A8C #8C285C

square

#8C8A28 #288C58 #282A8C #8C285C

split-complementary

#8C8A28 #285C8C #58288C

monochromatic

#2D2C0D #5C5B1A #8C8A28 #BCB936 #D1CF5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8C8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8C8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A28

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A28	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)

#968418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.117 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab69',
    500: '#8c8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a28;
$custom-light: #b1ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61668,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A28

secondary

#5A5BB6

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A28

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

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