#8C8E11#8C8E11

#8C8E11 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.133 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8E11
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 17)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(61, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -14.53, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 59.80, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0469 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.133 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5902, 24.9625, 4.2638)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E11 #13118E

analogous

#8E5111 #8C8E11 #4D8E11

triadic

#8C8E11 #118C8E #8E118C

tetradic

#8C8E11 #118E51 #13118E #8E114D

square

#8C8E11 #118E51 #13118E #8E114D

split-complementary

#8C8E11 #114D8E #51118E

monochromatic

#202104 #56570A #8C8E11 #C2C518 #E4E733

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8C8E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8C8E11 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E11

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E11	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.133 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae60',
    500: '#8c8e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e11;
$custom-light: #b1ae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62468,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E11

secondary

#3B38C2

accent

#33F536

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E11

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

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