#8C8A33#8C8A33

#8C8A33 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.109 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A33
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 63.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -10.83, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 46.66, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0335 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.109 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5019, 23.9920, 6.6823)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A33 #33358C

analogous

#8C5E33 #8C8A33 #618C33

triadic

#8C8A33 #338C8A #8A338C

tetradic

#8C8A33 #338C5E #33358C #8C3361

square

#8C8A33 #338C5E #33358C #8C3361

split-complementary

#8C8A33 #33618C #5E338C

monochromatic

#323212 #5F5E23 #8C8A33 #B9B643 #CBC86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8C8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8C8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A33

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A33	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)

#958528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.109 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab6f',
    500: '#8c8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a33;
$custom-light: #b0ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61764,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A33

secondary

#686AB2

accent

#55D652

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A33

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

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