#8D8617#8D8617

#8D8617 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.122 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8617
RGB	rgb(141, 134, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -9.62, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 55.56, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.0329 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.122 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6651, 22.7756, 4.1707)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8617 #171E8D

analogous

#8D4B17 #8D8617 #598D17

triadic

#8D8617 #178D86 #86178D

tetradic

#8D8617 #178D4B #171E8D #8D1759

square

#8D8617 #178D4B #171E8D #8D1759

split-complementary

#8D8617 #17598D #4B178D

monochromatic

#242206 #58540E #8D8617 #C2B820 #E0D63F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8D8617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8D8617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8617

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8617	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 134, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.122 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a860',
    500: '#8d8617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8617;
$custom-light: #b2a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6074,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8617

secondary

#4047C0

accent

#44EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8617

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

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