#8C8A36#8C8A36

#8C8A36 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.106 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A36
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 61.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -10.61, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 45.30, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0325 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.106 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5702, 24.0194, 7.0419)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A36 #36388C

analogous

#8C5F36 #8C8A36 #638C36

triadic

#8C8A36 #368C8A #8A368C

tetradic

#8C8A36 #368C5F #36388C #8C3663

square

#8C8A36 #368C5F #36388C #8C3663

split-complementary

#8C8A36 #36638C #5F368C

monochromatic

#343314 #605E25 #8C8A36 #B8B547 #C9C773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8C8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8C8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A36

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A36	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)

#95852C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.106 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac71',
    500: '#8c8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a36;
$custom-light: #b0ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61795,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A36

secondary

#6C6EB2

accent

#57D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A36

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

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