#8C8D23#8C8D23

#8C8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D23
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -13.36, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 54.31, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0423 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.123 110)
XYZ	xyz(20.6442, 24.7471, 5.2790)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D23 #24238D

analogous

#8D5923 #8C8D23 #578D23

triadic

#8C8D23 #238C8D #8D238C

tetradic

#8C8D23 #238D59 #24238D #8D2357

square

#8C8D23 #238D59 #24238D #8D2357

split-complementary

#8C8D23 #23578D #59238D

monochromatic

#2B2B0B #5B5C17 #8C8D23 #BDBE2F #D4D555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8C8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8C8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D23

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D23	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)

#99870C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae67',
    500: '#8c8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d23;
$custom-light: #b1ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.566,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62324,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.24747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D23

secondary

#5453B9

accent

#44E346

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D23

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

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