#8C8E23#8C8E23

#8C8E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.124 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8E23
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -13.89, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 54.70, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0438 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.124 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7923, 25.0434, 5.3284)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E23 #25238E

analogous

#8E5A23 #8C8E23 #578E23

triadic

#8C8E23 #238C8E #8E238C

tetradic

#8C8E23 #238E5A #25238E #8E2357

square

#8C8E23 #238E5A #25238E #8E2357

split-complementary

#8C8E23 #23578E #5A238E

monochromatic

#2B2C0B #5C5D17 #8C8E23 #BCBF2F #D3D556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8C8E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8C8E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E23

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E23	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	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)

#9A880C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.124 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae67',
    500: '#8c8e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e23;
$custom-light: #b1ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.121,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62556,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E23

secondary

#5553B9

accent

#44E447

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E23

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

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