#8C8E20#8C8E20

#8C8E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.126 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8E20
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, -14.03, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 55.72, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0444 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.126 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7497, 25.0263, 5.1038)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E20 #22208E

analogous

#8E5920 #8C8E20 #558E20

triadic

#8C8E20 #208C8E #8E208C

tetradic

#8C8E20 #208E59 #22208E #8E2055

square

#8C8E20 #208E59 #22208E #8E2055

split-complementary

#8C8E20 #20558E #59208E

monochromatic

#2A2A09 #5B5C15 #8C8E20 #BDC02B #D5D851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8C8E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8C8E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E20

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E20	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.126 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae65',
    500: '#8c8e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e20;
$custom-light: #b1ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.091,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62537,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E20

secondary

#514FBB

accent

#42E645

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E20

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

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