#8C8A2E#8C8A2E

#8C8A2E 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	#8C8A2E
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -11.16, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 48.83, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.035 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.113 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3975, 23.9503, 6.1326)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A2E #2E308C

analogous

#8C5B2E #8C8A2E #5F8C2E

triadic

#8C8A2E #2E8C8A #8A2E8C

tetradic

#8C8A2E #2E8C5B #2E308C #8C2E5F

square

#8C8A2E #2E8C5B #2E308C #8C2E5F

split-complementary

#8C8A2E #2E5F8C #5B2E8C

monochromatic

#302F10 #5E5D1F #8C8A2E #BAB73D #CDCB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8C8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8C8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A2E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A2E	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)

#958421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.113 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6c',
    500: '#8c8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a2e;
$custom-light: #b0ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61718,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A2E

secondary

#6264B4

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A2E

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

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