#8C871A#8C871A

#8C871A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.122 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C871A
RGB	rgb(140, 135, 26)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -10.52, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 55.01, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0352 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.122 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6665, 22.9787, 4.3765)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C871A #1A1F8C

analogous

#8C4E1A #8C871A #588C1A

triadic

#8C871A #1A8C87 #871A8C

tetradic

#8C871A #1A8C4E #1A1F8C #8C1A58

square

#8C871A #1A8C4E #1A1F8C #8C1A58

split-complementary

#8C871A #1A588C #4E1A8C

monochromatic

#252307 #585510 #8C871A #C0B924 #DCD644

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8C871A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8C871A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C871A

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C871A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C871A	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c871a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 135, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.122 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a962',
    500: '#8c871a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c871a;
$custom-light: #b1a962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c871a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6089,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C871A

secondary

#444ABE

accent

#44EC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C871A

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

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