#8C992B#8C992B

#8C992B 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 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C992B
RGB	rgb(140, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -19.21, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 56.47, 109.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0578 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.132 116)
XYZ	xyz(22.6431, 28.5327, 6.5996)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C992B #382B99

analogous

#996F2B #8C992B #55992B

triadic

#8C992B #2B8C99 #992B8C

tetradic

#8C992B #2B996F #382B99 #992B55

square

#8C992B #2B996F #382B99 #992B55

split-complementary

#8C992B #2B5599 #6F2B99

monochromatic

#353910 #60691E #8C992B #B7C83A #C8D569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8C992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#8C992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C992B

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C992B	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.132 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b66c',
    500: '#8c992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c992b;
$custom-light: #b1b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.091,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65175,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.28532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C992B

secondary

#6F64BC

accent

#48DF5A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C992B

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

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