#8C8A42#8C8A42

#8C8A42 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.095 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A42
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 52.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -9.62, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 39.54, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0283 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.095 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8876, 24.1463, 8.7136)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A42 #42448C

analogous

#8C6542 #8C8A42 #698C42

triadic

#8C8A42 #428C8A #8A428C

tetradic

#8C8A42 #428C65 #42448C #8C4269

square

#8C8A42 #428C65 #42448C #8C4269

split-complementary

#8C8A42 #42698C #65428C

monochromatic

#39381B #62612E #8C8A42 #B1AF5A #C5C384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8C8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8C8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A42

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A42	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)

#94853B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.095 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac78',
    500: '#8c8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a42;
$custom-light: #afac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61937,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A42

secondary

#7A7CB0

accent

#5FCC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A42

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

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