#8C8A14#8C8A14

#8C8A14 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.128 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A14
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 20)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(59, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 85.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -12.33, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 57.70, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0406 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.128 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0308, 23.8036, 4.2011)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A14 #14168C

analogous

#8C4E14 #8C8A14 #528C14

triadic

#8C8A14 #148C8A #8A148C

tetradic

#8C8A14 #148C4E #14168C #8C1452

square

#8C8A14 #148C4E #14168C #8C1452

split-complementary

#8C8A14 #14528C #4E148C

monochromatic

#212005 #56550C #8C8A14 #C2BF1C #E3E038

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8C8A14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8C8A14 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A14

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A14	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.128 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab60',
    500: '#8c8a14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a14;
$custom-light: #b1ab60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61553,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A14

secondary

#3C3EC0

accent

#39F236

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A14

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

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