#8D9617#8D9617

#8D9617 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.139 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9617
RGB	rgb(141, 150, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(64, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 84.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -18.09, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 61.39, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0564 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.139 114)
XYZ	xyz(22.0462, 27.5377, 4.9644)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9617 #201796

analogous

#966017 #8D9617 #4E9617

triadic

#8D9617 #178D96 #96178D

tetradic

#8D9617 #179660 #201796 #96174E

square

#8D9617 #179660 #201796 #96174E

split-complementary

#8D9617 #174E96 #601796

monochromatic

#292C07 #5B610F #8D9617 #BFCB1F #D7E245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8D9617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8D9617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9617

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9617	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 150, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.139 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b463',
    500: '#8d9617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9617;
$custom-light: #b2b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.252,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64441,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.27537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9617

secondary

#4E45C3

accent

#38F045

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9617

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

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