#8C8618#8C8618

#8C8618 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.122 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8618
RGB	rgb(140, 134, 24)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -10.05, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 55.25, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.034 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.122 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5060, 22.6923, 4.2166)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8618 #181E8C

analogous

#8C4C18 #8C8618 #588C18

triadic

#8C8618 #188C86 #86188C

tetradic

#8C8618 #188C4C #181E8C #8C1858

square

#8C8618 #188C4C #181E8C #8C1858

split-complementary

#8C8618 #18588C #4C188C

monochromatic

#242206 #58540F #8C8618 #C0B821 #DED640

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8C8618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8C8618 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8618

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8618	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 134, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.122 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a861',
    500: '#8c8618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8618;
$custom-light: #b1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60651,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8618

secondary

#4147BF

accent

#44ED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8618

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

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