#8D8917#8D8917

#8D8917 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.125 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8917
RGB	rgb(141, 137, 23)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, -11.24, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 56.59, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0375 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.125 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0857, 23.6166, 4.3109)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8917 #171B8D

analogous

#8D4E17 #8D8917 #568D17

triadic

#8D8917 #178D89 #89178D

tetradic

#8D8917 #178D4E #171B8D #8D1756

square

#8D8917 #178D4E #171B8D #8D1756

split-complementary

#8D8917 #17568D #4E178D

monochromatic

#242306 #58560E #8D8917 #C2BC20 #E0DA3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8D8917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8D8917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8917

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8917	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 137, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.125 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab61',
    500: '#8d8917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8917;
$custom-light: #b2ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61427,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8917

secondary

#4044C0

accent

#3FEF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8917

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

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