#8B8F17#8B8F17

#8B8F17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.132 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8F17
RGB	rgb(139, 143, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -15.34, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 58.77, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0487 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.132 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6253, 25.1963, 4.5873)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8F17 #1B178F

analogous

#8F5717 #8B8F17 #4F8F17

triadic

#8B8F17 #178B8F #8F178B

tetradic

#8B8F17 #178F57 #1B178F #8F174F

square

#8B8F17 #178F57 #1B178F #8F174F

split-complementary

#8B8F17 #174F8F #57178F

monochromatic

#252606 #585A0F #8B8F17 #BEC41F #DBE040

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8B8F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8B8F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8F17

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8F17	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 143, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.132 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1af62',
    500: '#8b8f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8f17;
$custom-light: #b1af62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62636,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8F17

secondary

#4541C1

accent

#39EF3F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8F17

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

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