#8C8A3F#8C8A3F

#8C8A3F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.098 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A3F
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 55%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -9.89, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 41.03, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0294 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.098 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8015, 24.1119, 8.2600)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A3F #3F418C

analogous

#8C643F #8C8A3F #678C3F

triadic

#8C8A3F #3F8C8A #8A3F8C

tetradic

#8C8A3F #3F8C64 #3F418C #8C3F67

square

#8C8A3F #3F8C64 #3F418C #8C3F67

split-complementary

#8C8A3F #3F678C #643F8C

monochromatic

#383719 #62602C #8C8A3F #B3B055 #C6C480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8C8A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8C8A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A3F

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A3F	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)

#948538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.098 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac76',
    500: '#8c8a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a3f;
$custom-light: #afac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61898,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A3F

secondary

#7778B0

accent

#5DCE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A3F

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

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