#8C9918#8C9918

#8C9918 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	#8C9918
RGB	rgb(140, 153, 24)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 84.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -20.03, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 62.37, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0616 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.142 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3720, 28.4242, 5.1719)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C9918 #251899

analogous

#996618 #8C9918 #4B9918

triadic

#8C9918 #188C99 #99188C

tetradic

#8C9918 #189966 #251899 #99184B

square

#8C9918 #189966 #251899 #99184B

split-complementary

#8C9918 #184B99 #661899

monochromatic

#2B2F07 #5C6410 #8C9918 #BCCE20 #D3E249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8C9918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8C9918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C9918

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C9918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C9918	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)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c9918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 153, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.142 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b664',
    500: '#8c9918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c9918;
$custom-light: #b1b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c9918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.047,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65066,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C9918

secondary

#5549C4

accent

#38F04B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C9918

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

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