#8C992A#8C992A

#8C992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.132 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C992A
RGB	rgb(140, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -19.27, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 56.84, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0581 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.132 116)
XYZ	xyz(22.6249, 28.5254, 6.5041)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C992A #372A99

analogous

#996E2A #8C992A #54992A

triadic

#8C992A #2A8C99 #992A8C

tetradic

#8C992A #2A996E #372A99 #992A54

square

#8C992A #2A996E #372A99 #992A54

split-complementary

#8C992A #2A5499 #6E2A99

monochromatic

#343910 #60691D #8C992A #B7C838 #C9D668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8C992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8C992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C992A

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C992A	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.132 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b66b',
    500: '#8c992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c992a;
$custom-light: #b1b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.027,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65168,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.28525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C992A

secondary

#6D63BC

accent

#48E059

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C992A

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

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