#8A8D17#8A8D17

#8A8D17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.130 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D17
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -14.74, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 58.03, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.047 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.13 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1615, 24.5154, 4.4804)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D17 #1A178D

analogous

#8D5517 #8A8D17 #4F8D17

triadic

#8A8D17 #178A8D #8D178A

tetradic

#8A8D17 #178D55 #1A178D #8D174F

square

#8A8D17 #178D55 #1A178D #8D174F

split-complementary

#8A8D17 #174F8D #55178D

monochromatic

#232406 #57580E #8A8D17 #BDC220 #DCE03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8A8D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D17

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D17	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.130 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae61',
    500: '#8a8d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d17;
$custom-light: #b0ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62082,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D17

secondary

#4340C0

accent

#39EF3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D17

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

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