#8C8B2F#8C8B2F

#8C8B2F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.113 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B2F
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -11.63, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 48.82, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0362 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.113 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5616, 24.2465, 6.2857)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B2F #2F308C

analogous

#8C5D2F #8C8B2F #5F8C2F

triadic

#8C8B2F #2F8C8B #8B2F8C

tetradic

#8C8B2F #2F8C5D #2F308C #8C2F5F

square

#8C8B2F #2F8C5D #2F308C #8C2F5F

split-complementary

#8C8B2F #2F5F8C #5D2F8C

monochromatic

#303010 #5E5E20 #8C8B2F #BAB83E #CDCC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8C8B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8C8B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B2F

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B2F	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)

#968523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.113 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac6d',
    500: '#8c8b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b2f;
$custom-light: #b0ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 49.733,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61956,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B2F

secondary

#6364B4

accent

#50D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B2F

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

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