#8C8B2C#8C8B2C

#8C8B2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B2C
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -11.81, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 50.07, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.037 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.115 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5032, 24.2232, 5.9779)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B2C #2C2D8C

analogous

#8C5B2C #8C8B2C #5D8C2C

triadic

#8C8B2C #2C8C8B #8B2C8C

tetradic

#8C8B2C #2C8C5B #2C2D8C #8C2C5D

square

#8C8B2C #2C8C5B #2C2D8C #8C2C5D

split-complementary

#8C8B2C #2C5D8C #5B2C8C

monochromatic

#2F2F0F #5D5D1D #8C8B2C #BBB93B #CECD64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8C8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8C8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B2C

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B2C	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)

#96851E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac6b',
    500: '#8c8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b2c;
$custom-light: #b0ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6193,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B2C

secondary

#5F60B5

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B2C

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

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