#8C8A4B#8C8A4B

#8C8A4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.085 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A4B
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 46.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -8.74, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 34.95, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0248 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.085 107)
XYZ	xyz(21.1741, 24.2609, 10.2227)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A4B #4B4D8C

analogous

#8C6A4B #8C8A4B #6E8C4B

triadic

#8C8A4B #4B8C8A #8A4B8C

tetradic

#8C8A4B #4B8C6A #4B4D8C #8C4B6E

square

#8C8A4B #4B8C6A #4B4D8C #8C4B6E

split-complementary

#8C8A4B #4B6E8C #6A4B8C

monochromatic

#3C3B20 #646336 #8C8A4B #ADAB67 #C3C18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8C8A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8C8A4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A4B

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A4B	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95884E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.085 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac7f',
    500: '#8c8a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a4b;
$custom-light: #afac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62065,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.2426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A4B

secondary

#8485AF

accent

#64C661

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4EE

border

#CFCEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A4B

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

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