#8C8D2A#8C8D2A

#8C8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D2A
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -13.00, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 51.70, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0406 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.119 110)
XYZ	xyz(20.7587, 24.7929, 5.8821)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D2A #2B2A8D

analogous

#8D5C2A #8C8D2A #5A8D2A

triadic

#8C8D2A #2A8C8D #8D2A8C

tetradic

#8C8D2A #2A8D5C #2B2A8D #8D2A5A

square

#8C8D2A #2A8D5C #2B2A8D #8D2A5A

split-complementary

#8C8D2A #2A5A8D #5C2A8D

monochromatic

#2E2F0E #5D5E1C #8C8D2A #BBBC38 #CFD061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8C8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8C8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D2A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D2A	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae6a',
    500: '#8c8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d2a;
$custom-light: #b1ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.606,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62375,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.24792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D2A

secondary

#5E5DB6

accent

#4ADD4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D2A

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

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