#8A8917#8A8917

#8A8917 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.126 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8917
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -12.61, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 56.55, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% -0.0411 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.126 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5823, 23.3571, 4.2873)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8917 #17188A

analogous

#8A5017 #8A8917 #528A17

triadic

#8A8917 #178A89 #89178A

tetradic

#8A8917 #178A50 #17188A #8A1752

square

#8A8917 #178A50 #17188A #8A1752

split-complementary

#8A8917 #17528A #50178A

monochromatic

#212106 #56550E #8A8917 #BEBD20 #DFDD3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A8917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A8917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8917

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8917	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.126 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab61',
    500: '#8a8917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8917;
$custom-light: #b0ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61153,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8917

secondary

#3F40BE

accent

#3BEE3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8917

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

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