#8C8A31#8C8A31

#8C8A31 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.110 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A31
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 65%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -10.96, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 47.54, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0341 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.11 108)
XYZ	xyz(20.4588, 23.9748, 6.4550)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A31 #31338C

analogous

#8C5C31 #8C8A31 #618C31

triadic

#8C8A31 #318C8A #8A318C

tetradic

#8C8A31 #318C5C #31338C #8C3161

square

#8C8A31 #318C5C #31338C #8C3161

split-complementary

#8C8A31 #31618C #5C318C

monochromatic

#313111 #5F5D21 #8C8A31 #B9B741 #CCC96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8C8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8C8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A31

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A31	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#958526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.110 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6e',
    500: '#8c8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a31;
$custom-light: #b0ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.23974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A31

secondary

#6667B3

accent

#53D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A31

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

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