#8C8A2B#8C8A2B

#8C8A2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.115 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A2B
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -11.34, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 50.07, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0358 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.115 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3405, 23.9275, 5.8320)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A2B #2B2D8C

analogous

#8C592B #8C8A2B #5D8C2B

triadic

#8C8A2B #2B8C8A #8A2B8C

tetradic

#8C8A2B #2B8C59 #2B2D8C #8C2B5D

square

#8C8A2B #2B8C59 #2B2D8C #8C2B5D

split-complementary

#8C8A2B #2B5D8C #592B8C

monochromatic

#2E2E0E #5D5C1D #8C8A2B #BBB839 #CFCD62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8C8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8C8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A2B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A2B	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.115 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6a',
    500: '#8c8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a2b;
$custom-light: #b0ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.763,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61692,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A2B

secondary

#5E60B5

accent

#4EDC4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A2B

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

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