#8E8617#8E8617

#8E8617 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.122 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8617
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, -9.16, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 55.59, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0317 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.122 105)
XYZ	xyz(19.8360, 22.8637, 4.1787)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8617 #171F8E

analogous

#8E4A17 #8E8617 #5B8E17

triadic

#8E8617 #178E86 #86178E

tetradic

#8E8617 #178E4A #171F8E #8E175B

square

#8E8617 #178E4A #171F8E #8E175B

split-complementary

#8E8617 #175B8E #4A178E

monochromatic

#252306 #59540E #8E8617 #C3B820 #E0D53F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8E8617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8E8617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8617

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8617	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.122 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a860',
    500: '#8e8617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8617;
$custom-light: #b3a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60835,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.22863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8617

secondary

#4049C0

accent

#45EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8617

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

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