#8C8318#8C8318

#8C8318 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.119 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8318
RGB	rgb(140, 131, 24)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -8.42, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 54.24, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0294 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.119 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0973, 21.8748, 4.0803)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8318 #18218C

analogous

#8C4918 #8C8318 #5B8C18

triadic

#8C8318 #188C83 #83188C

tetradic

#8C8318 #188C49 #18218C #8C185B

square

#8C8318 #188C49 #18218C #8C185B

split-complementary

#8C8318 #185B8C #49188C

monochromatic

#242106 #58520F #8C8318 #C0B421 #DED240

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8C8318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8C8318 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8318

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8318	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 131, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.119 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a660',
    500: '#8c8318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8318;
$custom-light: #b1a660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59966,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8318

secondary

#414BBF

accent

#48ED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8318

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

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