#8C941B#8C941B

#8C941B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.135 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C941B
RGB	rgb(140, 148, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 81.8%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -17.36, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 59.60, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0541 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.135 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6037, 26.8349, 5.0783)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C941B #231B94

analogous

#94601B #8C941B #50941B

triadic

#8C941B #1B8C94 #941B8C

tetradic

#8C941B #1B9460 #231B94 #941B50

square

#8C941B #1B9460 #231B94 #941B50

split-complementary

#8C941B #1B5094 #601B94

monochromatic

#2A2C08 #5B6012 #8C941B #BDC824 #D4DE4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8C941B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#8C941B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C941B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C941B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C941B	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c941b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 148, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.135 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b364',
    500: '#8c941b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c941b;
$custom-light: #b1b364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c941b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.967,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63907,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C941B

secondary

#524BC0

accent

#3CEC47

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C941B

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

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