#8D9E17#8D9E17

#8D9E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.147 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9E17
RGB	rgb(141, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -22.15, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 64.57, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0676 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.147 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3667, 30.1786, 5.4045)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9E17 #28179E

analogous

#9E6C17 #8D9E17 #499E17

triadic

#8D9E17 #178D9E #9E178D

tetradic

#8D9E17 #179E6C #28179E #9E1749

square

#8D9E17 #179E6C #28179E #9E1749

split-complementary

#8D9E17 #17499E #6C179E

monochromatic

#2E3307 #5D690F #8D9E17 #BDD31F #D1E54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8D9E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#8D9E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9E17

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9E17	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.147 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ba64',
    500: '#8d9e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9e17;
$custom-light: #b2ba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66321,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9E17

secondary

#5A4AC6

accent

#37F14E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9E17

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

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