#8C8E1E#8C8E1E

#8C8E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.127 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8E1E
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -14.11, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 56.36, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0448 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.127 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7233, 25.0158, 4.9649)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E1E #201E8E

analogous

#8E581E #8C8E1E #548E1E

triadic

#8C8E1E #1E8C8E #8E1E8C

tetradic

#8C8E1E #1E8E58 #201E8E #8E1E54

square

#8C8E1E #1E8E58 #201E8E #8E1E54

split-complementary

#8C8E1E #1E548E #581E8E

monochromatic

#282909 #5A5B13 #8C8E1E #BEC129 #D7D94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8C8E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8C8E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E1E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E1E	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)

#9B8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.127 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae64',
    500: '#8c8e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e1e;
$custom-light: #b1ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E1E

secondary

#4E4CBC

accent

#40E843

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E1E

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

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