#8B8D17#8B8D17

#8B8D17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.130 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8D17
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -14.29, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 58.02, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0458 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.13 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3278, 24.6012, 4.4881)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8D17 #19178D

analogous

#8D5417 #8B8D17 #508D17

triadic

#8B8D17 #178B8D #8D178B

tetradic

#8B8D17 #178D54 #19178D #8D1750

square

#8B8D17 #178D54 #19178D #8D1750

split-complementary

#8B8D17 #17508D #54178D

monochromatic

#232406 #57580E #8B8D17 #BFC220 #DDE03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8B8D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8B8D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8D17

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8D17	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.130 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae61',
    500: '#8b8d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8d17;
$custom-light: #b1ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6217,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8D17

secondary

#4240C0

accent

#39EF3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8D17

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

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