#8D8017#8D8017

#8D8017 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.117 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8017
RGB	rgb(141, 128, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -6.34, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 53.62, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0238 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.117 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8593, 21.1638, 3.9021)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8017 #17248D

analogous

#8D4517 #8D8017 #5F8D17

triadic

#8D8017 #178D80 #80178D

tetradic

#8D8017 #178D45 #17248D #8D175F

square

#8D8017 #178D45 #17248D #8D175F

split-complementary

#8D8017 #175F8D #45178D

monochromatic

#242006 #58500E #8D8017 #C2B020 #E0CE3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8D8017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8D8017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8017

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8017	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99766D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 128, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.117 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a45f',
    500: '#8d8017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8017;
$custom-light: #b2a45f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59378,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8017

secondary

#404EC0

accent

#4DEF39

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F6F3EA

border

#D0CDC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8017

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

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