#8C9917#8C9917

#8C9917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.142 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C9917
RGB	rgb(140, 153, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 85%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 85%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -20.07, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 62.62, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0618 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.142 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3618, 28.4201, 5.1181)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C9917 #241799

analogous

#996517 #8C9917 #4B9917

triadic

#8C9917 #178C99 #99178C

tetradic

#8C9917 #179965 #241799 #99174B

square

#8C9917 #179965 #241799 #99174B

split-complementary

#8C9917 #174B99 #651799

monochromatic

#2B2F07 #5B640F #8C9917 #BDCE1F #D4E347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8C9917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8C9917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C9917

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C9917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C9917	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c9917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 153, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.142 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b663',
    500: '#8c9917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c9917;
$custom-light: #b1b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c9917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65062,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C9917

secondary

#5447C5

accent

#37F14A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C9917

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

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