#8C8B22#8C8B22

#8C8B22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.122 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8B22
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 75.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -12.34, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 53.88, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0395 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.122 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3373, 24.1568, 5.1045)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8B22 #22238C

analogous

#8C5622 #8C8B22 #588C22

triadic

#8C8B22 #228C8B #8B228C

tetradic

#8C8B22 #228C56 #22238C #8C2258

square

#8C8B22 #228C56 #22238C #8C2258

split-complementary

#8C8B22 #22588C #56228C

monochromatic

#2A290A #5B5A16 #8C8B22 #BDBC2E #D5D453

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8C8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8C8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8B22

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8B22	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)

#97850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.122 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac66',
    500: '#8c8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8b22;
$custom-light: #b1ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61856,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8B22

secondary

#5152B9

accent

#45E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8B22

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

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