#8C8A1C#8C8A1C

#8C8A1C is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.124 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A1C
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -12.06, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 55.48, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0393 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.124 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1141, 23.8369, 4.6398)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A1C #1C1E8C

analogous

#8C521C #8C8A1C #568C1C

triadic

#8C8A1C #1C8C8A #8A1C8C

tetradic

#8C8A1C #1C8C52 #1C1E8C #8C1C56

square

#8C8A1C #1C8C52 #1C1E8C #8C1C56

split-complementary

#8C8A1C #1C568C #521C8C

monochromatic

#262508 #595812 #8C8A1C #BFBC26 #DAD848

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A1C

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A1C	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)

#988826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.124 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab63',
    500: '#8c8a1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a1c;
$custom-light: #b1ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6159,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A1C

secondary

#484ABC

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A1C

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

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