#8C8A17#8C8A17

#8C8A17 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.126 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A17
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -12.23, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 56.92, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0402 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.126 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0592, 23.8149, 4.3506)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A17 #17198C

analogous

#8C4F17 #8C8A17 #548C17

triadic

#8C8A17 #178C8A #8A178C

tetradic

#8C8A17 #178C4F #17198C #8C1754

square

#8C8A17 #178C4F #17198C #8C1754

split-complementary

#8C8A17 #17548C #4F178C

monochromatic

#232206 #57560E #8C8A17 #C1BE20 #DFDD3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8C8A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A17

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A17	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)

#988822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.126 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab61',
    500: '#8c8a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a17;
$custom-light: #b1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61566,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A17

secondary

#3F42BF

accent

#3CEF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A17

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

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