#8E8B17#8E8B17

#8E8B17 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.127 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8B17
RGB	rgb(142, 139, 23)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -11.86, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 57.30, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0392 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(20.5435, 24.2786, 4.4145)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8B17 #171A8E

analogous

#8E4F17 #8E8B17 #568E17

triadic

#8E8B17 #178E8B #8B178E

tetradic

#8E8B17 #178E4F #171A8E #8E1756

square

#8E8B17 #178E4F #171A8E #8E1756

split-complementary

#8E8B17 #17568E #4F178E

monochromatic

#252406 #59570E #8E8B17 #C3BF20 #E0DC3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8E8B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8E8B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8B17

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8B17	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 139, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ac61',
    500: '#8e8b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8b17;
$custom-light: #b3ac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61978,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.24278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8B17

secondary

#4044C0

accent

#3EEF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8B17

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

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