#8C8E18#8C8E18

#8C8E18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.130 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8E18
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 24)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -14.33, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 58.11, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0459 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.13 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6539, 24.9880, 4.5992)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E18 #1A188E

analogous

#8E5518 #8C8E18 #518E18

triadic

#8C8E18 #188C8E #8E188C

tetradic

#8C8E18 #188E55 #1A188E #8E1851

square

#8C8E18 #188E55 #1A188E #8E1851

split-complementary

#8C8E18 #18518E #55188E

monochromatic

#252506 #585A0F #8C8E18 #C0C221 #DCDF41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8C8E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8C8E18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E18

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E18	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)

#9B8A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.130 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae62',
    500: '#8c8e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e18;
$custom-light: #b1ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62496,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E18

secondary

#4442C0

accent

#3AEE3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E18

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

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