#8A9617#8A9617

#8A9617 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.140 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9617
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(66, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 84.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -19.42, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 61.52, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0599 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.14 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5429, 27.2782, 4.9408)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9617 #231796

analogous

#966317 #8A9617 #4B9617

triadic

#8A9617 #178A96 #96178A

tetradic

#8A9617 #179663 #231796 #96174B

square

#8A9617 #179663 #231796 #96174B

split-complementary

#8A9617 #174B96 #631796

monochromatic

#282C07 #59610F #8A9617 #BBCB1F #D4E245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A9617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A9617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9617

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9617	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.140 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b463',
    500: '#8a9617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9617;
$custom-light: #b0b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.669,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64191,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9617

secondary

#5145C3

accent

#38F049

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9617

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

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