#8C8B17#8C8B17

#8C8B17 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.127 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B17
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -12.77, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 57.28, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0417 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.127 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2033, 24.1032, 4.3986)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B17 #17188C

analogous

#8C5117 #8C8B17 #538C17

triadic

#8C8B17 #178C8B #8B178C

tetradic

#8C8B17 #178C51 #17188C #8C1753

square

#8C8B17 #178C51 #17188C #8C1753

split-complementary

#8C8B17 #17538C #51178C

monochromatic

#232306 #57570E #8C8B17 #C1BF20 #DFDE3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8C8B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8C8B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B17

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B17	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: #8c8b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.127 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac61',
    500: '#8c8b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b17;
$custom-light: #b1ac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B17

secondary

#3F40BF

accent

#3BEF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B17

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →