#8C871B#8C871B

#8C871B 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	#8C871B
RGB	rgb(140, 135, 27)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -10.48, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 54.70, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.035 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.122 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6779, 22.9833, 4.4364)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C871B #1B208C

analogous

#8C4E1B #8C871B #598C1B

triadic

#8C871B #1B8C87 #871B8C

tetradic

#8C871B #1B8C4E #1B208C #8C1B59

square

#8C871B #1B8C4E #1B208C #8C1B59

split-complementary

#8C871B #1B598C #4E1B8C

monochromatic

#252407 #595611 #8C871B #BFB825 #DBD546

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8C871B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8C871B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C871B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C871B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C871B	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: #8c871b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 135, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.122 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a962',
    500: '#8c871b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c871b;
$custom-light: #b1a962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c871b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60896,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C871B

secondary

#464BBD

accent

#45EB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C871B

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

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