#8D9917#8D9917

#8D9917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.142 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9917
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 85%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 85%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -19.62, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 62.57, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0606 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.142 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5311, 28.5074, 5.1260)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9917 #231799

analogous

#996417 #8D9917 #4C9917

triadic

#8D9917 #178D99 #99178D

tetradic

#8D9917 #179964 #231799 #99174C

square

#8D9917 #179964 #231799 #99174C

split-complementary

#8D9917 #174C99 #641799

monochromatic

#2B2F07 #5C640F #8D9917 #BECE1F #D5E347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8D9917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8D9917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9917

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9917	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.142 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b663',
    500: '#8d9917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9917;
$custom-light: #b2b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.538,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9917

secondary

#5347C5

accent

#37F148

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9917

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

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