#8C8A20#8C8A20

#8C8A20 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.122 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A20
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 77.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -11.89, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 54.18, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0385 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.122 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1652, 23.8574, 4.9089)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A20 #20228C

analogous

#8C5420 #8C8A20 #588C20

triadic

#8C8A20 #208C8A #8A208C

tetradic

#8C8A20 #208C54 #20228C #8C2058

square

#8C8A20 #208C54 #20228C #8C2058

split-complementary

#8C8A20 #20588C #54208C

monochromatic

#282809 #5A5915 #8C8A20 #BEBB2B #D7D450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A20

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A20	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)

#968406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.122 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab65',
    500: '#8c8a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a20;
$custom-light: #b1ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61613,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A20

secondary

#4E50BA

accent

#45E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A20

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

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