#8C8B2D#8C8B2D

#8C8B2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.114 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B2D
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -11.75, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 49.66, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0368 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.114 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5222, 24.2308, 6.0781)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B2D #2D2E8C

analogous

#8C5C2D #8C8B2D #5E8C2D

triadic

#8C8B2D #2D8C8B #8B2D8C

tetradic

#8C8B2D #2D8C5C #2D2E8C #8C2D5E

square

#8C8B2D #2D8C5C #2D2E8C #8C2D5E

split-complementary

#8C8B2D #2D5E8C #5C2D8C

monochromatic

#2F2F0F #5E5D1E #8C8B2D #BAB93C #CECD66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8C8B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8C8B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B2D

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B2D	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)

#968520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.114 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac6c',
    500: '#8c8b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b2d;
$custom-light: #b0ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.368,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61939,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B2D

secondary

#6061B4

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B2D

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

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