#8C8A32#8C8A32

#8C8A32 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.109 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A32
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 64.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -10.90, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 47.10, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0338 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.109 108)
XYZ	xyz(20.4801, 23.9833, 6.5674)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A32 #32348C

analogous

#8C5D32 #8C8A32 #618C32

triadic

#8C8A32 #328C8A #8A328C

tetradic

#8C8A32 #328C5D #32348C #8C3261

square

#8C8A32 #328C5D #32348C #8C3261

split-complementary

#8C8A32 #32618C #5D328C

monochromatic

#323112 #5F5E22 #8C8A32 #B9B642 #CBC96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8C8A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8C8A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A32

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A32	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.109 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6e',
    500: '#8c8a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a32;
$custom-light: #b0ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61755,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.23983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A32

secondary

#6769B3

accent

#54D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A32

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

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