#8C8A41#8C8A41

#8C8A41 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.096 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A41
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 53.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -9.71, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 40.04, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0287 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.096 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8584, 24.1346, 8.5597)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A41 #41438C

analogous

#8C6441 #8C8A41 #688C41

triadic

#8C8A41 #418C8A #8A418C

tetradic

#8C8A41 #418C64 #41438C #8C4168

square

#8C8A41 #418C64 #41438C #8C4168

split-complementary

#8C8A41 #41688C #64418C

monochromatic

#38381A #62612E #8C8A41 #B2AF59 #C5C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8C8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8C8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A41

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A41	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.096 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac78',
    500: '#8c8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a41;
$custom-light: #afac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61924,
    "c": 0.09559,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A41

secondary

#797BB0

accent

#5ECD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A41

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

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