#8C8D18#8C8D18

#8C8D18 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	#8C8D18
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 24)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 83%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -13.80, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 57.74, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0445 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.129 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5057, 24.6918, 4.5498)
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

#8C8D18 #19188D

analogous

#8D5418 #8C8D18 #518D18

triadic

#8C8D18 #188C8D #8D188C

tetradic

#8C8D18 #188D54 #19188D #8D1851

square

#8C8D18 #188D54 #19188D #8D1851

split-complementary

#8C8D18 #18518D #54188D

monochromatic

#242406 #58590F #8C8D18 #C0C121 #DDDF41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8C8D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8C8D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D18

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D18	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)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.129 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae62',
    500: '#8c8d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d18;
$custom-light: #b1ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.513,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62264,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D18

secondary

#4342BF

accent

#3AEE3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D18

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

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