#8C8F17#8C8F17

#8C8F17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.131 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8F17
RGB	rgb(140, 143, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -14.89, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 58.75, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0475 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.131 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7931, 25.2828, 4.5952)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8F17 #1A178F

analogous

#8F5617 #8C8F17 #508F17

triadic

#8C8F17 #178C8F #8F178C

tetradic

#8C8F17 #178F56 #1A178F #8F1750

square

#8C8F17 #178F56 #1A178F #8F1750

split-complementary

#8C8F17 #17508F #56178F

monochromatic

#252606 #585A0F #8C8F17 #C0C41F #DCE040

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8C8F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8C8F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8F17

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8F17	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 143, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.131 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1af62',
    500: '#8c8f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8f17;
$custom-light: #b1af62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62723,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8F17

secondary

#4441C1

accent

#39EF3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8F17

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

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