#8C8A1E#8C8A1E

#8C8A1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.123 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A1E
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -11.98, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 54.84, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0389 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1388, 23.8468, 4.7701)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A1E #1E208C

analogous

#8C531E #8C8A1E #578C1E

triadic

#8C8A1E #1E8C8A #8A1E8C

tetradic

#8C8A1E #1E8C53 #1E208C #8C1E57

square

#8C8A1E #1E8C53 #1E208C #8C1E57

split-complementary

#8C8A1E #1E578C #531E8C

monochromatic

#272708 #5A5813 #8C8A1E #BEBC29 #D9D64C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A1E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A1E	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)

#968401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab64',
    500: '#8c8a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a1e;
$custom-light: #b1ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61602,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A1E

secondary

#4B4DBB

accent

#43E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A1E

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

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