#8C8D4E#8C8D4E

#8C8D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.085 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D4E
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 44.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -10.05, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 34.84, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0283 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.085 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7156, 25.1757, 10.9217)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D4E #4F4E8D

analogous

#8D6E4E #8C8D4E #6C8D4E

triadic

#8C8D4E #4E8C8D #8D4E8C

tetradic

#8C8D4E #4E8D6E #4F4E8D #8D4E6C

square

#8C8D4E #4E8D6E #4F4E8D #8D4E6C

split-complementary

#8C8D4E #4E6C8D #6E4E8D

monochromatic

#3E3E22 #656638 #8C8D4E #ACAD6B #C2C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8C8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8C8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D4E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D4E	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.085 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae81',
    500: '#8c8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d4e;
$custom-light: #afae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62792,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D4E

secondary

#8887AF

accent

#63C564

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4EE

border

#CFCEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D4E

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

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