#8C8D22#8C8D22

#8C8D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D22
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -13.41, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 54.65, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0425 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.124 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6296, 24.7413, 5.2019)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D22 #23228D

analogous

#8D5922 #8C8D22 #578D22

triadic

#8C8D22 #228C8D #8D228C

tetradic

#8C8D22 #228D59 #23228D #8D2257

square

#8C8D22 #228D59 #23228D #8D2257

split-complementary

#8C8D22 #22578D #59228D

monochromatic

#2A2A0A #5B5C16 #8C8D22 #BDBE2E #D4D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8C8D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8C8D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D22

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D22	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae66',
    500: '#8c8d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d22;
$custom-light: #b1ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.561,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62318,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D22

secondary

#5251B9

accent

#44E445

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D22

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

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