#8C8D2E#8C8D2E

#8C8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D2E
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -12.76, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 50.08, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0395 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.116 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8339, 24.8230, 6.2781)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D2E #2F2E8D

analogous

#8D5F2E #8C8D2E #5D8D2E

triadic

#8C8D2E #2E8C8D #8D2E8C

tetradic

#8C8D2E #2E8D5F #2F2E8D #8D2E5D

square

#8C8D2E #2E8D5F #2F2E8D #8D2E5D

split-complementary

#8C8D2E #2E5D8D #5F2E8D

monochromatic

#303110 #5E5F1F #8C8D2E #BABB3D #CDCE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8C8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8C8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D2E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D2E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae6c',
    500: '#8c8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d2e;
$custom-light: #b0ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.632,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62408,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D2E

secondary

#6362B5

accent

#4EDA4F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D2E

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

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