#8D8B17#8D8B17

#8D8B17 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.127 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B17
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -12.31, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 57.29, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.0404 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.127 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3726, 24.1905, 4.4065)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B17 #17198D

analogous

#8D5017 #8D8B17 #548D17

triadic

#8D8B17 #178D8B #8B178D

tetradic

#8D8B17 #178D50 #17198D #8D1754

square

#8D8B17 #178D50 #17198D #8D1754

split-complementary

#8D8B17 #17548D #50178D

monochromatic

#242306 #58570E #8D8B17 #C2BF20 #E0DD3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8D8B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8D8B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B17

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B17	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.127 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac61',
    500: '#8d8b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b17;
$custom-light: #b2ac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61887,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B17

secondary

#4042C0

accent

#3CEF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B17

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

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