#8C8A1D#8C8A1D

#8C8A1D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.124 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A1D
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -12.02, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 55.16, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0391 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.124 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1263, 23.8418, 4.7039)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A1D #1D1F8C

analogous

#8C521D #8C8A1D #568C1D

triadic

#8C8A1D #1D8C8A #8A1D8C

tetradic

#8C8A1D #1D8C52 #1D1F8C #8C1D56

square

#8C8A1D #1D8C52 #1D1F8C #8C1D56

split-complementary

#8C8A1D #1D568C #521D8C

monochromatic

#272608 #595812 #8C8A1D #BFBC28 #D9D74A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A1D

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A1D	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: #8c8a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.124 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab63',
    500: '#8c8a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a1d;
$custom-light: #b1ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61596,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A1D

secondary

#494BBC

accent

#42E93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A1D

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

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