#8E8517#8E8517

#8E8517 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.121 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8517
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(55, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -8.62, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 55.26, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0302 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.121 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6984, 22.5885, 4.1329)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8517 #17208E

analogous

#8E4917 #8E8517 #5C8E17

triadic

#8E8517 #178E85 #85178E

tetradic

#8E8517 #178E49 #17208E #8E175C

square

#8E8517 #178E49 #17208E #8E175C

split-complementary

#8E8517 #175C8E #49178E

monochromatic

#252206 #59540E #8E8517 #C3B620 #E0D43F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8E8517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8E8517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8517

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8517	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.121 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a860',
    500: '#8e8517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8517;
$custom-light: #b3a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60608,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8517

secondary

#404AC0

accent

#47EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8517

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

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