#8C9916#8C9916

#8C9916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.142 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C9916
RGB	rgb(140, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(66, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -20.10, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 62.85, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0619 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.142 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3519, 28.4162, 5.0663)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C9916 #231699

analogous

#996516 #8C9916 #4B9916

triadic

#8C9916 #168C99 #99168C

tetradic

#8C9916 #169965 #231699 #99164B

square

#8C9916 #169965 #231699 #99164B

split-complementary

#8C9916 #164B99 #651699

monochromatic

#2A2E07 #5B630E #8C9916 #BDCF1E #D4E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8C9916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8C9916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C9916

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C9916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C9916	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c9916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.142 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b663',
    500: '#8c9916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c9916;
$custom-light: #b1b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c9916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.954,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65058,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C9916

secondary

#5246C5

accent

#36F149

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C9916

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

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