#8C8A24#8C8A24

#8C8A24 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.120 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A24
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 74.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -11.71, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 52.78, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.0376 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.12 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2229, 23.8804, 5.2128)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A24 #24268C

analogous

#8C5624 #8C8A24 #5A8C24

triadic

#8C8A24 #248C8A #8A248C

tetradic

#8C8A24 #248C56 #24268C #8C245A

square

#8C8A24 #248C56 #24268C #8C245A

split-complementary

#8C8A24 #245A8C #56248C

monochromatic

#2B2A0B #5B5A17 #8C8A24 #BDBA31 #D4D157

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8C8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8C8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A24

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A24	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.120 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab67',
    500: '#8c8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a24;
$custom-light: #b1ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61639,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A24

secondary

#5456B8

accent

#49E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A24

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

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