#8C8A22#8C8A22

#8C8A22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.121 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A22
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 75.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -11.81, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 53.49, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.038 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.121 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1932, 23.8686, 5.0565)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A22 #22248C

analogous

#8C5522 #8C8A22 #598C22

triadic

#8C8A22 #228C8A #8A228C

tetradic

#8C8A22 #228C55 #22248C #8C2259

square

#8C8A22 #228C55 #22248C #8C2259

split-complementary

#8C8A22 #22598C #55228C

monochromatic

#2A290A #5B5916 #8C8A22 #BDBB2E #D5D353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A22

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A22	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)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.121 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab66',
    500: '#8c8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a22;
$custom-light: #b1ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61626,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A22

secondary

#5153B9

accent

#47E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A22

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

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