#8D8817#8D8817

#8D8817 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.124 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8817
RGB	rgb(141, 136, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -10.70, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 56.24, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.036 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.124 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9442, 23.3336, 4.2637)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8817 #171C8D

analogous

#8D4D17 #8D8817 #578D17

triadic

#8D8817 #178D88 #88178D

tetradic

#8D8817 #178D4D #171C8D #8D1757

square

#8D8817 #178D4D #171C8D #8D1757

split-complementary

#8D8817 #17578D #4D178D

monochromatic

#242206 #58550E #8D8817 #C2BB20 #E0D93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8D8817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8D8817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8817

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8817	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 136, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.124 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2aa61',
    500: '#8d8817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8817;
$custom-light: #b2aa61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61198,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8817

secondary

#4045C0

accent

#41EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8817

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

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