#8C8B2A#8C8B2A

#8C8B2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B2A
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -11.93, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 50.88, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0376 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.117 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4665, 24.2085, 5.7846)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B2A #2A2B8C

analogous

#8C5A2A #8C8B2A #5C8C2A

triadic

#8C8B2A #2A8C8B #8B2A8C

tetradic

#8C8B2A #2A8C5A #2A2B8C #8C2A5C

square

#8C8B2A #2A8C5A #2A2B8C #8C2A5C

split-complementary

#8C8B2A #2A5C8C #5A2A8C

monochromatic

#2E2E0E #5D5C1C #8C8B2A #BBBA38 #D0CE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8C8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8C8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B2A

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B2A	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac6a',
    500: '#8c8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b2a;
$custom-light: #b1ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61914,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B2A

secondary

#5C5DB5

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B2A

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

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