#8C8A25#8C8A25

#8C8A25 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.119 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A25
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 73.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -11.66, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 52.41, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0373 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.119 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2384, 23.8866, 5.2944)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A25 #25278C

analogous

#8C5725 #8C8A25 #5B8C25

triadic

#8C8A25 #258C8A #8A258C

tetradic

#8C8A25 #258C57 #25278C #8C255B

square

#8C8A25 #258C57 #25278C #8C255B

split-complementary

#8C8A25 #255B8C #57258C

monochromatic

#2B2B0B #5C5A18 #8C8A25 #BCBA32 #D3D158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8C8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8C8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A25

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A25	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#968412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.119 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab67',
    500: '#8c8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a25;
$custom-light: #b1ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61646,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A25

secondary

#5557B8

accent

#49E146

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A25

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

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