#8C8E2A#8C8E2A

#8C8E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.120 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8E2A
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -13.53, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 52.11, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0421 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.12 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9068, 25.0892, 5.9314)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E2A #2C2A8E

analogous

#8E5E2A #8C8E2A #5A8E2A

triadic

#8C8E2A #2A8C8E #8E2A8C

tetradic

#8C8E2A #2A8E5E #2C2A8E #8E2A5A

square

#8C8E2A #2A8E5E #2C2A8E #8E2A5A

split-complementary

#8C8E2A #2A5A8E #5E2A8E

monochromatic

#2F300E #5D5F1C #8C8E2A #BBBD38 #CED162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8C8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8C8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E2A

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E2A	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.120 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae6a',
    500: '#8c8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e2a;
$custom-light: #b1ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62606,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E2A

secondary

#5F5DB6

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E2A

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

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