#8C8218#8C8218

#8C8218 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.119 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8218
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 24)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -7.87, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 53.91, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0279 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.119 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9636, 21.6075, 4.0357)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8218 #18228C

analogous

#8C4818 #8C8218 #5C8C18

triadic

#8C8218 #188C82 #82188C

tetradic

#8C8218 #188C48 #18228C #8C185C

square

#8C8218 #188C48 #18228C #8C185C

split-complementary

#8C8218 #185C8C #48188C

monochromatic

#242106 #58510F #8C8218 #C0B321 #DED140

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8C8218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8C8218 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8218

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8218	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.119 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a660',
    500: '#8c8218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8218;
$custom-light: #b1a660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59739,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8218

secondary

#414CBF

accent

#4AED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8218

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

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