#8E8717#8E8717

#8E8717 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.123 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8717
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -9.70, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 55.93, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0332 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.123 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9748, 23.1414, 4.2250)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8717 #171E8E

analogous

#8E4C17 #8E8717 #598E17

triadic

#8E8717 #178E87 #87178E

tetradic

#8E8717 #178E4C #171E8E #8E1759

square

#8E8717 #178E4C #171E8E #8E1759

split-complementary

#8E8717 #17598E #4C178E

monochromatic

#252306 #59550E #8E8717 #C3B920 #E0D73F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E8717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8E8717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8717

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8717	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.123 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a961',
    500: '#8e8717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8717;
$custom-light: #b3a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61063,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8717

secondary

#4048C0

accent

#44EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8717

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

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