#8C8A2C#8C8A2C

#8C8A2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.114 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A2C
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -11.28, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 49.66, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0355 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.114 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3590, 23.9349, 5.9298)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A2C #2C2E8C

analogous

#8C5A2C #8C8A2C #5E8C2C

triadic

#8C8A2C #2C8C8A #8A2C8C

tetradic

#8C8A2C #2C8C5A #2C2E8C #8C2C5E

square

#8C8A2C #2C8C5A #2C2E8C #8C2C5E

split-complementary

#8C8A2C #2C5E8C #5A2C8C

monochromatic

#2F2E0F #5D5C1D #8C8A2C #BBB83B #CECC64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8C8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8C8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A2C

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A2C	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)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.114 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6b',
    500: '#8c8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a2c;
$custom-light: #b0ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.617,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A2C

secondary

#5F61B5

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A2C

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

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