#8B9017#8B9017

#8B9017 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.133 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9017
RGB	rgb(139, 144, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 84%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -15.86, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 59.14, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0502 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.133 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7761, 25.4979, 4.6376)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9017 #1C1790

analogous

#905817 #8B9017 #4F9017

triadic

#8B9017 #178B90 #90178B

tetradic

#8B9017 #179058 #1C1790 #90174F

square

#8B9017 #179058 #1C1790 #90174F

split-complementary

#8B9017 #174F90 #581790

monochromatic

#252606 #585B0F #8B9017 #BEC51F #DAE141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8B9017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8B9017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9017

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9017	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95877B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 144, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.133 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b062',
    500: '#8b9017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9017;
$custom-light: #b1b062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9017

secondary

#4742C1

accent

#39EF40

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9017

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

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