#8C871C#8C871C

#8C871C is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.121 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C871C
RGB	rgb(140, 135, 28)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -10.44, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 54.39, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0348 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.121 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6896, 22.9880, 4.4983)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C871C #1C218C

analogous

#8C4F1C #8C871C #598C1C

triadic

#8C871C #1C8C87 #871C8C

tetradic

#8C871C #1C8C4F #1C218C #8C1C59

square

#8C871C #1C8C4F #1C218C #8C1C59

split-complementary

#8C871C #1C598C #4F1C8C

monochromatic

#262508 #595612 #8C871C #BFB826 #DAD448

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8C871C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8C871C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C871C

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C871C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C871C	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)

#958625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c871c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 135, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.121 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a963',
    500: '#8c871c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c871c;
$custom-light: #b1a963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c871c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60901,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C871C

secondary

#484DBC

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C871C

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

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