#8A8A17#8A8A17

#8A8A17 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.127 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A17
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -13.15, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 56.92, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0426 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.127 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7251, 23.6427, 4.3349)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A17 #17178A

analogous

#8A5117 #8A8A17 #518A17

triadic

#8A8A17 #178A8A #8A178A

tetradic

#8A8A17 #178A51 #17178A #8A1751

square

#8A8A17 #178A51 #17178A #8A1751

split-complementary

#8A8A17 #17518A #51178A

monochromatic

#212106 #56560E #8A8A17 #BEBE20 #DFDF3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A8A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A8A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A17

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A17	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.127 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab61',
    500: '#8a8a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a17;
$custom-light: #b0ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61385,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A17

secondary

#3F3FBE

accent

#3AEE3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A17

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

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