#8C8E1F#8C8E1F

#8C8E1F 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	#8C8E1F
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 31)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, -14.07, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 56.04, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0446 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.127 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7363, 25.0210, 5.0333)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E1F #211F8E

analogous

#8E591F #8C8E1F #558E1F

triadic

#8C8E1F #1F8C8E #8E1F8C

tetradic

#8C8E1F #1F8E59 #211F8E #8E1F55

square

#8C8E1F #1F8E59 #211F8E #8E1F55

split-complementary

#8C8E1F #1F558E #591F8E

monochromatic

#292A09 #5A5C14 #8C8E1F #BEC02A #D6D94F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8C8E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8C8E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E1F

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E1F	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)

#9A8701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.127 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae65',
    500: '#8c8e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e1f;
$custom-light: #b1ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.081,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62531,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E1F

secondary

#4F4DBB

accent

#41E744

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E1F

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

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