#8C8B1E#8C8B1E

#8C8B1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.124 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B1E
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -12.51, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 55.22, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0404 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.124 109)
XYZ	xyz(20.2830, 24.1351, 4.8181)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B1E #1E1F8C

analogous

#8C541E #8C8B1E #568C1E

triadic

#8C8B1E #1E8C8B #8B1E8C

tetradic

#8C8B1E #1E8C54 #1E1F8C #8C1E56

square

#8C8B1E #1E8C54 #1E1F8C #8C1E56

split-complementary

#8C8B1E #1E568C #541E8C

monochromatic

#272708 #5A5913 #8C8B1E #BEBD29 #D9D74C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8C8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8C8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B1E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B1E	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.124 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac64',
    500: '#8c8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b1e;
$custom-light: #b1ac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61832,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.24134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B1E

secondary

#4B4CBB

accent

#42E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B1E

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

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