#8C8A2F#8C8A2F

#8C8A2F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.112 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A2F
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -11.09, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 48.41, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0347 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.112 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4175, 23.9583, 6.2377)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A2F #2F318C

analogous

#8C5C2F #8C8A2F #608C2F

triadic

#8C8A2F #2F8C8A #8A2F8C

tetradic

#8C8A2F #2F8C5C #2F318C #8C2F60

square

#8C8A2F #2F8C5C #2F318C #8C2F60

split-complementary

#8C8A2F #2F608C #5C2F8C

monochromatic

#303010 #5E5D20 #8C8A2F #BAB73E #CDCA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8C8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8C8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A2F

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A2F	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)

#958523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.112 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6d',
    500: '#8c8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a2f;
$custom-light: #b0ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.71,
    "s": 49.733,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61727,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A2F

secondary

#6365B4

accent

#52D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A2F

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

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