#8D8717#8D8717

#8D8717 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.123 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8717
RGB	rgb(141, 135, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -10.16, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 55.90, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0345 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.123 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8040, 23.0533, 4.2170)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8717 #171D8D

analogous

#8D4C17 #8D8717 #588D17

triadic

#8D8717 #178D87 #87178D

tetradic

#8D8717 #178D4C #171D8D #8D1758

square

#8D8717 #178D4C #171D8D #8D1758

split-complementary

#8D8717 #17588D #4C178D

monochromatic

#242206 #58550E #8D8717 #C2B920 #E0D73F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8D8717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8D8717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8717

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8717	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 135, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.123 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a961',
    500: '#8d8717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8717;
$custom-light: #b2a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60969,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8717

secondary

#4046C0

accent

#42EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8717

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

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