#8C8A23#8C8A23

#8C8A23 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.120 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A23
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 75%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -11.76, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 53.14, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0378 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.12 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2078, 23.8744, 5.1335)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A23 #23258C

analogous

#8C5623 #8C8A23 #5A8C23

triadic

#8C8A23 #238C8A #8A238C

tetradic

#8C8A23 #238C56 #23258C #8C235A

square

#8C8A23 #238C56 #23258C #8C235A

split-complementary

#8C8A23 #235A8C #56238C

monochromatic

#2A290B #5B5A17 #8C8A23 #BDBA2F #D4D255

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8C8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A23

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A23	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)

#96840E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.120 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab66',
    500: '#8c8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a23;
$custom-light: #b1ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61633,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A23

secondary

#5254B8

accent

#48E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A23

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

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