#8C8B20#8C8B20

#8C8B20 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.123 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B20
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 77.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -12.43, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 54.56, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.04 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.123 109)
XYZ	xyz(20.3093, 24.1456, 4.9570)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B20 #20218C

analogous

#8C5520 #8C8B20 #578C20

triadic

#8C8B20 #208C8B #8B208C

tetradic

#8C8B20 #208C55 #20218C #8C2057

square

#8C8B20 #208C55 #20218C #8C2057

split-complementary

#8C8B20 #20578C #55208C

monochromatic

#282809 #5A5A15 #8C8B20 #BEBC2B #D7D650

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8C8B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8C8B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B20

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B20	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)

#978506

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.123 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac65',
    500: '#8c8b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b20;
$custom-light: #b1ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61844,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.24145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B20

secondary

#4E4FBA

accent

#43E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B20

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

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