#8A9817#8A9817

#8A9817 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.142 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9817
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 23)
HSL	hsl(67, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(67, 85%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 84.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -20.44, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 62.32, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0627 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.142 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8648, 27.9219, 5.0481)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9817 #251798

analogous

#986617 #8A9817 #499817

triadic

#8A9817 #178A98 #98178A

tetradic

#8A9817 #179866 #251798 #981749

square

#8A9817 #179866 #251798 #981749

split-complementary

#8A9817 #174998 #661798

monochromatic

#292E07 #5A630F #8A9817 #BACD1F #D2E346

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A9817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#8A9817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9817

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9817	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.142 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b663',
    500: '#8a9817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9817;
$custom-light: #b0b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.512,
    "s": 73.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64663,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9817

secondary

#5447C4

accent

#37F04B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9817

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

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