#8C8E16#8C8E16

#8C8E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.131 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8E16
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -14.39, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 58.64, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0462 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.131 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6338, 24.9800, 4.4936)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E16 #18168E

analogous

#8E5416 #8C8E16 #508E16

triadic

#8C8E16 #168C8E #8E168C

tetradic

#8C8E16 #168E54 #18168E #8E1650

square

#8C8E16 #168E54 #18168E #8E1650

split-complementary

#8C8E16 #16508E #54168E

monochromatic

#242406 #58590E #8C8E16 #C0C31E #DEE13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8C8E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8C8E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E16

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E16	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.131 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae61',
    500: '#8c8e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e16;
$custom-light: #b1ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62487,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E16

secondary

#413FC1

accent

#38F03B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E16

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

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