#8C8A3A#8C8A3A

#8C8A3A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.102 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A3A
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -10.31, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 43.44, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0312 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.102 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6680, 24.0585, 7.5572)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A3A #3A3C8C

analogous

#8C613A #8C8A3A #658C3A

triadic

#8C8A3A #3A8C8A #8A3A8C

tetradic

#8C8A3A #3A8C61 #3A3C8C #8C3A65

square

#8C8A3A #3A8C61 #3A3C8C #8C3A65

split-complementary

#8C8A3A #3A658C #613A8C

monochromatic

#353516 #615F28 #8C8A3A #B6B34E #C7C679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8C8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8C8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A3A

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A3A	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.102 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac73',
    500: '#8c8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a3a;
$custom-light: #b0ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 41.414,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61839,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A3A

secondary

#7173B1

accent

#5AD157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A3A

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

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