#8D8517#8D8517

#8D8517 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.122 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8517
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -9.08, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 55.23, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0314 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.122 105)
XYZ	xyz(19.5276, 22.5004, 4.1249)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8517 #171F8D

analogous

#8D4A17 #8D8517 #5A8D17

triadic

#8D8517 #178D85 #85178D

tetradic

#8D8517 #178D4A #171F8D #8D175A

square

#8D8517 #178D4A #171F8D #8D175A

split-complementary

#8D8517 #175A8D #4A178D

monochromatic

#242206 #58530E #8D8517 #C2B720 #E0D53F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8D8517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8D8517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8517

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8517	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.122 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a860',
    500: '#8d8517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8517;
$custom-light: #b2a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60512,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8517

secondary

#4049C0

accent

#45EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8517

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

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