#8E8917#8E8917

#8E8917 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.125 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8917
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -10.78, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 56.61, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0362 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.125 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2565, 23.7047, 4.3189)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8917 #171C8E

analogous

#8E4E17 #8E8917 #588E17

triadic

#8E8917 #178E89 #89178E

tetradic

#8E8917 #178E4E #171C8E #8E1758

square

#8E8917 #178E4E #171C8E #8E1758

split-complementary

#8E8917 #17588E #4E178E

monochromatic

#252306 #59560E #8E8917 #C3BC20 #E0D93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8E8917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8E8917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8917

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8917	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.125 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab61',
    500: '#8e8917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8917;
$custom-light: #b3ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6152,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8917

secondary

#4046C0

accent

#41EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8917

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

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