#8C8E22#8C8E22

#8C8E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.125 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8E22
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -13.94, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 55.05, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.044 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.125 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7777, 25.0375, 5.2513)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E22 #24228E

analogous

#8E5A22 #8C8E22 #568E22

triadic

#8C8E22 #228C8E #8E228C

tetradic

#8C8E22 #228E5A #24228E #8E2256

square

#8C8E22 #228E5A #24228E #8E2256

split-complementary

#8C8E22 #22568E #5A228E

monochromatic

#2B2B0A #5B5D16 #8C8E22 #BDBF2E #D4D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8C8E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8C8E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E22

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E22	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)

#9A8809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.125 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae66',
    500: '#8c8e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e22;
$custom-light: #b1ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62549,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E22

secondary

#5452BA

accent

#43E446

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E22

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

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