#8C8A1A#8C8A1A

#8C8A1A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.125 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A1A
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -12.13, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 56.08, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0397 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.125 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0910, 23.8277, 4.5180)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A1A #1A1C8C

analogous

#8C511A #8C8A1A #558C1A

triadic

#8C8A1A #1A8C8A #8A1A8C

tetradic

#8C8A1A #1A8C51 #1A1C8C #8C1A55

square

#8C8A1A #1A8C51 #1A1C8C #8C1A55

split-complementary

#8C8A1A #1A558C #511A8C

monochromatic

#252407 #585710 #8C8A1A #C0BD24 #DCDA44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A1A

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A1A	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.125 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab62',
    500: '#8c8a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a1a;
$custom-light: #b1ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6158,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A1A

secondary

#4446BE

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A1A

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

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