#8C8D29#8C8D29

#8C8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D29
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 70.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -13.05, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 52.09, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0408 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.12 110)
XYZ	xyz(20.7410, 24.7859, 5.7890)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D29 #2A298D

analogous

#8D5C29 #8C8D29 #5A8D29

triadic

#8C8D29 #298C8D #8D298C

tetradic

#8C8D29 #298D5C #2A298D #8D295A

square

#8C8D29 #298D5C #2A298D #8D295A

split-complementary

#8C8D29 #295A8D #5C298D

monochromatic

#2E2E0D #5D5E1B #8C8D29 #BBBC37 #D0D160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8C8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8C8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D29

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D29	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae6a',
    500: '#8c8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d29;
$custom-light: #b1ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.6,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62367,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.24785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D29

secondary

#5C5BB6

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D29

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

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