#8C8D17#8C8D17

#8C8D17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.129 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D17
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -13.83, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 58.01, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0446 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.129 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4955, 24.6877, 4.4960)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D17 #18178D

analogous

#8D5317 #8C8D17 #518D17

triadic

#8C8D17 #178C8D #8D178C

tetradic

#8C8D17 #178D53 #18178D #8D1751

square

#8C8D17 #178D53 #18178D #8D1751

split-complementary

#8C8D17 #17518D #53178D

monochromatic

#242406 #58580E #8C8D17 #C0C220 #DEE03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8C8D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8C8D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D17

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D17	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)

#9A8A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.129 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae61',
    500: '#8c8d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d17;
$custom-light: #b1ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.508,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62259,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D17

secondary

#4140C0

accent

#39EF3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D17

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

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