#8C8A16#8C8A16

#8C8A16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.127 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A16
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -12.27, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 57.19, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0403 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.127 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0493, 23.8110, 4.2988)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A16 #16188C

analogous

#8C4F16 #8C8A16 #538C16

triadic

#8C8A16 #168C8A #8A168C

tetradic

#8C8A16 #168C4F #16188C #8C1653

square

#8C8A16 #168C4F #16188C #8C1653

split-complementary

#8C8A16 #16538C #4F168C

monochromatic

#222205 #57560E #8C8A16 #C1BE1E #E0DE3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8C8A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A16

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A16	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#988821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.127 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab61',
    500: '#8c8a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a16;
$custom-light: #b1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61561,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A16

secondary

#3E40C0

accent

#3BF038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A16

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

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