#8C8B16#8C8B16

#8C8B16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.128 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B16
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -12.80, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 57.55, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0418 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.128 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1935, 24.0993, 4.3468)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B16 #16178C

analogous

#8C5016 #8C8B16 #528C16

triadic

#8C8B16 #168C8B #8B168C

tetradic

#8C8B16 #168C50 #16178C #8C1652

square

#8C8B16 #168C50 #16178C #8C1652

split-complementary

#8C8B16 #16528C #50168C

monochromatic

#222205 #57560E #8C8B16 #C1C01E #E0DF3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8C8B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8C8B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B16

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B16	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.128 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac61',
    500: '#8c8b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b16;
$custom-light: #b1ac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61792,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B16

secondary

#3E3FC0

accent

#3AF038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B16

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

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