#8C8A18#8C8A18

#8C8A18 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	#8C8A18
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 24)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -12.20, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 56.65, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.04 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.126 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0694, 23.8190, 4.4043)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A18 #181A8C

analogous

#8C5018 #8C8A18 #548C18

triadic

#8C8A18 #188C8A #8A188C

tetradic

#8C8A18 #188C50 #181A8C #8C1854

square

#8C8A18 #188C50 #181A8C #8C1854

split-complementary

#8C8A18 #18548C #50188C

monochromatic

#242306 #58570F #8C8A18 #C0BD21 #DEDC40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8C8A18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A18

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A18	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)

#988823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.126 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab61',
    500: '#8c8a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a18;
$custom-light: #b1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6157,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A18

secondary

#4143BF

accent

#3DED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A18

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

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