#8C8E24#8C8E24

#8C8E24 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	#8C8E24
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -13.84, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 54.35, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0435 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.124 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8074, 25.0494, 5.4077)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8E24 #26248E

analogous

#8E5B24 #8C8E24 #578E24

triadic

#8C8E24 #248C8E #8E248C

tetradic

#8C8E24 #248E5B #26248E #8E2457

square

#8C8E24 #248E5B #26248E #8E2457

split-complementary

#8C8E24 #24578E #5B248E

monochromatic

#2C2C0B #5C5D18 #8C8E24 #BCBF30 #D2D558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8C8E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8C8E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8E24

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8E24	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)

#9A880E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.124 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae67',
    500: '#8c8e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8e24;
$custom-light: #b1ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62562,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8E24

secondary

#5755B9

accent

#45E348

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8E24

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

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