#8C8A4E#8C8A4E

#8C8A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.081 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A4E
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 44.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -8.42, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 33.38, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0236 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.081 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2792, 24.3030, 10.7763)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A4E #4E508C

analogous

#8C6B4E #8C8A4E #6F8C4E

triadic

#8C8A4E #4E8C8A #8A4E8C

tetradic

#8C8A4E #4E8C6B #4E508C #8C4E6F

square

#8C8A4E #4E8C6B #4E508C #8C4E6F

split-complementary

#8C8A4E #4E6F8C #6B4E8C

monochromatic

#3D3D22 #656338 #8C8A4E #ACAA6B #C2C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8C8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8C8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A4E

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A4E	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.081 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac81',
    500: '#8c8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a4e;
$custom-light: #afac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62111,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A4E

secondary

#8788AF

accent

#66C563

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4EE

border

#CFCEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A4E

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

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