#8C8A3D#8C8A3D

#8C8A3D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.100 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A3D
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 56.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -10.06, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 42.00, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0301 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.1 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7466, 24.0899, 7.9709)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A3D #3D3F8C

analogous

#8C633D #8C8A3D #678C3D

triadic

#8C8A3D #3D8C8A #8A3D8C

tetradic

#8C8A3D #3D8C63 #3D3F8C #8C3D67

square

#8C8A3D #3D8C63 #3D3F8C #8C3D67

split-complementary

#8C8A3D #3D678C #633D8C

monochromatic

#373618 #61602A #8C8A3D #B4B152 #C6C57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8C8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8C8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A3D

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A3D	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.100 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac75',
    500: '#8c8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a3d;
$custom-light: #b0ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 39.303,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61874,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A3D

secondary

#7576B0

accent

#5CCF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A3D

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

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