#8C8A21#8C8A21

#8C8A21 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.121 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A21
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 76.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -11.85, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 53.84, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0383 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.121 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1790, 23.8629, 4.9816)
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

#8C8A21 #21238C

analogous

#8C5521 #8C8A21 #598C21

triadic

#8C8A21 #218C8A #8A218C

tetradic

#8C8A21 #218C55 #21238C #8C2159

square

#8C8A21 #218C55 #21238C #8C2159

split-complementary

#8C8A21 #21598C #55218C

monochromatic

#29280A #5A5915 #8C8A21 #BEBB2D #D6D451

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A21

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A21	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)

#968409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.121 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab65',
    500: '#8c8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a21;
$custom-light: #b1ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6162,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A21

secondary

#4F51B9

accent

#46E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A21

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

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