#8C8D15#8C8D15

#8C8D15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.130 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D15
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 21)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 85.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -13.89, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 58.52, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0449 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.13 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4762, 24.6800, 4.3944)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D15 #16158D

analogous

#8D5215 #8C8D15 #508D15

triadic

#8C8D15 #158C8D #8D158C

tetradic

#8C8D15 #158D52 #16158D #8D1550

square

#8C8D15 #158D52 #16158D #8D1550

split-complementary

#8C8D15 #15508D #52158D

monochromatic

#222205 #57580D #8C8D15 #C1C21D #E0E23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8C8D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8C8D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D15

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D15	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.130 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae61',
    500: '#8c8d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d15;
$custom-light: #b1ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62251,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D15

secondary

#3E3DC1

accent

#37F139

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D15

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

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