#8C8719#8C8719

#8C8719 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.123 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8719
RGB	rgb(140, 135, 25)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 82.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -10.55, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 55.30, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0353 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.123 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6555, 22.9743, 4.3186)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8719 #191E8C

analogous

#8C4D19 #8C8719 #588C19

triadic

#8C8719 #198C87 #87198C

tetradic

#8C8719 #198C4D #191E8C #8C1958

square

#8C8719 #198C4D #191E8C #8C1958

split-complementary

#8C8719 #19588C #4D198C

monochromatic

#242306 #585510 #8C8719 #C0B922 #DDD742

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8C8719 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8C8719 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8719

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8719	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8719	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)

#958623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8719;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 135, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.123 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a961',
    500: '#8c8719',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8719;
$custom-light: #b1a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8719",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60885,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8719

secondary

#4348BE

accent

#43ED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8719

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

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