#8A8C17#8A8C17

#8A8C17 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.129 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C17
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -14.21, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 57.65, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0455 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.129 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0147, 24.2219, 4.4314)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C17 #19178C

analogous

#8C5417 #8A8C17 #4F8C17

triadic

#8A8C17 #178A8C #8C178A

tetradic

#8A8C17 #178C54 #19178C #8C174F

square

#8A8C17 #178C54 #19178C #8C174F

split-complementary

#8A8C17 #174F8C #54178C

monochromatic

#222306 #56570E #8A8C17 #BEC120 #DDDF3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8A8C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C17

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C17	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.129 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ad61',
    500: '#8a8c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c17;
$custom-light: #b0ad61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.026,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61849,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C17

secondary

#423FBF

accent

#39EF3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C17

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

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