#8C8A1F#8C8A1F

#8C8A1F is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; 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	#8C8A1F
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -11.94, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 54.52, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0387 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1518, 23.8520, 4.8384)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A1F #1F218C

analogous

#8C531F #8C8A1F #578C1F

triadic

#8C8A1F #1F8C8A #8A1F8C

tetradic

#8C8A1F #1F8C53 #1F218C #8C1F57

square

#8C8A1F #1F8C53 #1F218C #8C1F57

split-complementary

#8C8A1F #1F578C #531F8C

monochromatic

#282709 #5A5914 #8C8A1F #BEBB2A #D8D54E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A1F

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A1F	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)

#968404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab64',
    500: '#8c8a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a1f;
$custom-light: #b1ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61607,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A1F

secondary

#4C4EBB

accent

#44E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A1F

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

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