#8A9F17#8A9F17

#8A9F17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.150 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9F17
RGB	rgb(138, 159, 23)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -23.95, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 65.18, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0723 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.15 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0346, 30.2616, 5.4380)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9F17 #2C179F

analogous

#9F7017 #8A9F17 #469F17

triadic

#8A9F17 #178A9F #9F178A

tetradic

#8A9F17 #179F70 #2C179F #9F1746

square

#8A9F17 #179F70 #2C179F #9F1746

split-complementary

#8A9F17 #17469F #70179F

monochromatic

#2D3408 #5C6A0F #8A9F17 #B8D41F #CDE54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8A9F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8A9F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9F17

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9F17	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 159, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.150 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bb64',
    500: '#8a9f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9f17;
$custom-light: #b0bb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.265,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66322,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9F17

secondary

#5E4BC7

accent

#36F153

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9F17

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

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