#8C8A2D#8C8A2D

#8C8A2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.113 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A2D
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -11.22, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 49.25, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.0352 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.113 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3781, 23.9425, 6.0300)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A2D #2D2F8C

analogous

#8C5B2D #8C8A2D #5F8C2D

triadic

#8C8A2D #2D8C8A #8A2D8C

tetradic

#8C8A2D #2D8C5B #2D2F8C #8C2D5F

square

#8C8A2D #2D8C5B #2D2F8C #8C2D5F

split-complementary

#8C8A2D #2D5F8C #5B2D8C

monochromatic

#2F2F0F #5E5C1E #8C8A2D #BAB83C #CECC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8C8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8C8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A2D

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A2D	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)

#958420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.113 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6b',
    500: '#8c8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a2d;
$custom-light: #b0ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61709,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A2D

secondary

#6062B4

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A2D

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

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