#8D8D17#8D8D17

#8D8D17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.129 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D17
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -13.38, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 58.01, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0434 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.129 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6648, 24.7750, 4.5039)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D17 #17178D

analogous

#8D5217 #8D8D17 #528D17

triadic

#8D8D17 #178D8D #8D178D

tetradic

#8D8D17 #178D52 #17178D #8D1752

square

#8D8D17 #178D52 #17178D #8D1752

split-complementary

#8D8D17 #17528D #52178D

monochromatic

#242406 #58580E #8D8D17 #C2C220 #E0E03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8D8D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8D8D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D17

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D17	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.129 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae61',
    500: '#8d8d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d17;
$custom-light: #b2ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62349,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D17

secondary

#4040C0

accent

#39EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D17

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

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