#8C8718#8C8718

#8C8718 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.123 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8718
RGB	rgb(140, 135, 24)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -10.59, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 55.59, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0355 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.123 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6449, 22.9701, 4.2628)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8718 #181D8C

analogous

#8C4D18 #8C8718 #578C18

triadic

#8C8718 #188C87 #87188C

tetradic

#8C8718 #188C4D #181D8C #8C1857

square

#8C8718 #188C4D #181D8C #8C1857

split-complementary

#8C8718 #18578C #4D188C

monochromatic

#242206 #58550F #8C8718 #C0B921 #DED740

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8C8718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8C8718 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8718

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8718	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 135, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.123 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a961',
    500: '#8c8718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8718;
$custom-light: #b1a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6088,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8718

secondary

#4146BF

accent

#42ED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8718

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

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