#8C8B1B#8C8B1B

#8C8B1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.126 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B1B
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -12.63, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 56.15, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.041 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.126 109)
XYZ	xyz(20.2465, 24.1205, 4.6259)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B1B #1B1C8C

analogous

#8C521B #8C8B1B #548C1B

triadic

#8C8B1B #1B8C8B #8B1B8C

tetradic

#8C8B1B #1B8C52 #1B1C8C #8C1B54

square

#8C8B1B #1B8C52 #1B1C8C #8C1B54

split-complementary

#8C8B1B #1B548C #521B8C

monochromatic

#252507 #595811 #8C8B1B #BFBE25 #DBDA46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8C8B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8C8B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B1B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B1B	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)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.126 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac63',
    500: '#8c8b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b1b;
$custom-light: #b1ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61816,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.2412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B1B

secondary

#4647BD

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B1B

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

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